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PRESS RELEASE 9th May 2012 NEW DIRECTOR OF THE SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE The President and Council of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicholas Owens as Director of the Foundation with effect from the 1st August. During a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in the field of marine science Professor Owens has served as the Director of British Antarctic Survey, the Chief Executive and Director of Science, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Chair of Marine Sciences, University of Newcastle and has played a leading role on many national and international committees including the National Marine Aquarium, the European Polar Board, the NATO Earth and Environmental Sciences Panel, the Royal Society Committee on Antarctic Research, the Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC). Professor Owens said: βI am delighted to have the opportunity to join SAHFOS as its Director. I am especially interested in the highly successful and long-running Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR), which is unique in its approach to a globally important area of marine environmental research. Since 1931 the merchant shipping sector has voluntarily towed sampling devices behind their vessels, collecting and preserving samples of marine plankton as the ships make their normal passage between ports. This Survey has provided unique data about the health of the oceans, climate change and the effects of fishing. To be able to lead SAFOS at a time of critical importance for our oceans is an exciting prospect, and one with global relevance. As an independent research institute of long and highly recognised standing, I am looking forward immensely to the challenge.β Professor Peter Liss CBE FRS, President of SAHFOS, added: βIt is with great pleasure that I welcome Professor Nick Owens as the new Director of SAHFOS. He has had a distinguished career in the marine sciences both as a researcher and as Director of two world-class research institutes. His wealth of experience in leading scientific research will be of great benefit to our ongoing work. We are all looking forward to him joining us this summer.β Note for Editors. The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) is an independent research organisation, and charity, based in Plymouth, concerned with research into the distribution of marine plankton and how this changes over time. It does this principally through running and maintaining the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey. The CPR is based on a sampling device, towed behind merchant ships, that collects and preserves the marine plankton as the ships make their normal passage between ports. Shipping companies have been voluntarily deploying and recovering CPR samplers since 1931. The Survey has provided unique data about the health of the oceans, climate change and the effects of fishing. Publication quality photographs of plankton can be provided. For further information please contact: Marion Smith Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB E-mail: [email protected] Tel +44 (0) 1752 633288 http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/ Professor N J P Owens