Anouska is a multi-disciplinary scientist with over 12 years’ experience in academia undertaking coastal and marine research, including boat-based marine mammal acoustic surveys (RYA day skipper, Marine Mammal Medic), fish tagging (Home Office licensed) and tracking, seabird surveys (JNCC accredited) and coastal monitoring using dGPS and UAVs (CAA GVC operator for fixed-wing and multi-rotor).
As seagrass restoration lead for the Isle of Wight and The Solent, Anouska is currently collaborating with Sky Ocean Rescue and WWF undertaking scientific seagrass restoration trials in several locations. Anouska more recently worked on UKRI SMMR ‘Restoration of Seagrass for Ocean Wealth’ ReSOW project at Swansea University leading the fisheries supporting and provisioning services aspect of the project, researching commercial fish species within UK seagrass meadows creating a Seagrass Residency Index (SRI).
