Porcupine Newsletter Number 25, Winter 2008/09.

PORCUPINE 2009 Sea Shore to SeaFloorPMNHS Annual Meeting 27-29 March 2009As usual the meeting will be over threedays with the Friday and Saturday dedicated totalks and held in the University of Plymouth,Davy Building, Main Hall. On the Sunday inkeeping with tradition, we are planning divetrips and visits to local shores. Facilities forsorting and identification will be provided atCoxside Marine Centre in Plymouth, with accessto microscopes and running seawater.Registration/putting up posters/chattingwith mates will be from 9.30-10.00 Main HallDavy Building on Friday 27 March 2009 andthe meeting will continue from there.The following speakers are confirmed andothers have been approached: Roddy Williamson(Director of the Marine Institute, Universityof Plymouth), Alan Hughes (updating theclassification of deep sea sediment habitats,NOCS Southampton), Kerry Howell (updatingthe classification of deep sea hard bottomhabitats, University of Plymouth), Chris Proctor(describing sea cave sponges in SW England),Sally Sharrock (Devon Seasearch coordinator)and Fiona Crouch (Shore Thing Project Officer,Marine Biological Association).Please contact the local organisers; MariaCampbell (maria.campbell@plymouth.ac.uk),Fiona Crouch (ficr@MBA.ac.uk), Keith Hiscock(khis@MBA.ac.uk) and Jason Hall-Spencer(jhall-spencer@plymouth.ac.uk or call 00441752 232969 if you would like to attend andalso let us know if you would like to give a talkor a poster presentation at the meeting.OTHER MEETINGS15 th January to 27 th February.Environmental Photographer of theYear 2008 Exhibition. Apothecary Gallery,33 Greyhound Road, Hammersmith, London,W6 8NH. Please call ahead to arrange a viewingbetween 10 am and 6pm on 020 7381 5727or email info@londonapothecary.co.uk. Formore information, go to www.ciwem.org/arts/photographer25 th February 2009.Hidden worlds beneath the waves.Engaging people with undersea landscapes.Coastnet and the Wildlife Trusts. The Guildhall,Alfred Guelder St, Hull. Contact: TheresaRedding 01206 728644 CoastNet (Conferences),The Gatehouse, Rowhedge Wharf, High Street,Rowhedge, Essex CO5 7ET30 th March -3 rd April 2009.Improving the ecological status of fishcommunities in inland waters. University ofHull International Fisheries Institute. Contact:www.hull.ac.uk/hifi/EFI/ or email hifi@hull.ac.uk29 th -30 th April 2009.CIWEM annual conference. Water andthe global environment. Olympia conferencecentre, London. Contact: bob.earll@coastms.co.ukMEETINGSFurther details will be e-mailed to membersand others and posted on the website. Costswill be similar to previous meetings. Speakerswill not be charged the registration fee.PMNHS Newsletter No.25 Winter 2008/095