{"id":6573,"date":"2017-01-19T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T11:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:18:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:18:47","slug":"out-of-doors-with-the-dolphins-and-porpoises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2017\/01\/19\/out-of-doors-with-the-dolphins-and-porpoises\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Doors with the Dolphins and Porpoises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, our Marine Mammals Specialist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/science\/Researchers\/KateBrookes\">Dr Kate Brookes<\/a> was interviewed by Euan McIlwraith from the Out of Doors programme on Radio Scotland about the ECOMMAS project. They had been intrigued after seeing our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/12\/23\/a-very-fortunate-find\/\">blog post<\/a> about one of the acoustic loggers from the ECOMMAS array being found on a beach near Aberdeen harbour. Euan was interested in why we are collecting data on dolphins and porpoises on the east coast of Scotland and how we\u2019re going about it. You\u2019ll have to listen to find out the answers!<\/p>\n<p>*************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Further Information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland?s=ECOMMAS\">Previous ECOMMAS Project Blog Posts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/Publications\/TopicSheets\/ECOMMAS\">The East Coast Marine Mammal Acoustic Study (ECOMMAS) Topic Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, our Marine Mammals Specialist, Dr Kate Brookes was interviewed by Euan McIlwraith from the Out of Doors programme on Radio Scotland about the ECOMMAS project. They had been intrigued after seeing our blog post about one of the acoustic loggers from the ECOMMAS array being found on a beach near Aberdeen harbour. 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