{"id":9161,"date":"2019-01-28T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=9161"},"modified":"2019-01-22T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:48:14","slug":"science-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2019\/01\/28\/science-in-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mike Watson &#8211; Underwater Observation Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our series of Science in Government Conference posters we now have Mike Watson &#8211; an integral part of the Engineering Group.\u00a0 Mike is involved with the design, development, maintenance and operation of underwater observation systems and tells us how he overcomes some of the more challenging aspects of his job.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9162 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced-659x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Watson Science in Government Poster\" width=\"659\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced-329x512.jpg 329w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced-270x420.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/Mike-Watson-Poster-Resize-reduced.jpg 662w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 659px; 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