Samantha Andrews

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Samantha Andrews

Writer, communicator, researcher, and consultant specialising in marine science, marine technology, policy, environment, conservation, and sustainability, I can help with your research, outreach, and communication needs.

Businesses, NGOs, government entities, research institutes, stakeholder groups, and others hire me to help with:

Storytelling and other written content including:
📖 Content creation
📖 Case studies
📖 Success stories
📖 Evidence-based storytelling
📖 Press releases
📖 Plain language summaries

Evidence-based research, reporting, and synthesis, including
📚 White papers
📚 Green papers
📚 Reports
📚 Science

Communication Consulting and training including:
📣 Strategic communications
📣 Conference outreach
📣 Science communication training
📣 Speaking and workshops
📣 Ad-hoc advice and guidance

And more. Don't hesitate to reach out with your need.

I also produce several free tools to support the ocean community:
🌊 Ocean Opportunities: Find or advertise a job, Post-Doc, PhD, Masters, conference, workshop, course, internship, webinar, funding, or other opportunities in the ocean/marine/coastal realm.

🌊 Ocean Connections: Discover the world of ocean/coastal-related NGOs and CBOs with this ever-growing crowd-sourced online map and database.

🌊 Help A Researcher Out: A way for researchers at any level to ask for advice, input, or support with their ocean research/project. Calls for assistance are shared on the website, via a mailing list, and on social media.

🌊 Share Your Story: A place for people to write and share their own "stories" related to the ocean. Stories can be about research, projects, experiences, explainers, fiction, anything as long as it is related to the ocean, coastal communities and ocean users, marine science, or technology.

English

Live Phoner for Radio Interview News Gathering Feature Stories Content Writing Research Investigative Journalism

Technology Science & Environment Natural Disasters Research Climate Change Fact Checking

This week it has been brought to my attention that there is a proposal to dredge for scallops inside a ‘Special Area of Conservation’ located in Cardigan Bay, Wales. This proposal has divided opinions. On Twitter this week Professor Callum Roberts, a marine conservation biologist at the University of York (UK) lamented that there was ”No hope for UK marine conservation if this mad proposal to scallop dredge in a protected area goes ahead” . Dr Magnus Johnson, a Crustacean Fisheries and Ecologist researcher at the University of Hull (UK) quickly countered “It is worth reading the science by first!”, following with a couple of hashtags “#eatmorefish #eatmoreshellfish”. Two scientists, with two opposing views… what is going on?

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GLOBAL - With an estimated global value of just over U$84 billion in 2014, the organic industry is projected to grow to an estimated U$131 billion by the end of 2019. Organic food production has been largely dominated by terrestrial farmers, with aquaculture producers producing a lower diversity – and quantity - of organically certified products on the market. Whilst there are some commonalities between aquaculture and terrestrial-farming methods, the differences as not insignificant. As a result, organic aquaculture needs its own regulations and standards. The majority of organic certification schemes are aimed at terrestrial farming, though increasing demand has resulted in the development of organic certification suitable for aquaculturalists. -

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Samantha Andrews

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