State of the Coast Workshop
11th of June 2026
Stonehaven Golf Club

The first presentation was given by Ian Hay and covered the history of the project, the main improvements delivered as a result of the previous workshop, and future options. This talk can be found here.

Next, Project Intern, Cathryn Lovie gave a presentation focusing of different use cases for the State of the Coast Website focusing on benefits for school teachers, councillors and a community groups looking to deliver projects. This can be found here.

Shaleen Sharma, Project Intern then presented on the work that he has been delivering to include a legal and policy section on the website. His talk can be found here.

Finally, Dr Lauren Smith gave a presentation on here work on tackling coastal litter, the links to the critically endangered Flapper Skate. Her talk can be found here. 

We also shared a new film highlighting our litter and education work. Found here

After lunch we heard a presentation from the Marine Directorate looking at the delivery of NMP2 followed by use playing the marine planning game.

If you would like to discuss anything on this program or linked to our State of the Coast work please do not hesitate in contacting me. Also we are already running out of our State of the Coast Summary Guides so if you could help link us to funding sources, that would be extremely useful.

We are also looking for opportunities to use the Marine Planning Game as a educational tool, if you have groups that may be interested please get in touch. This film gives an idea what is involved.