Press Release
THE CROWN ESTATE SUPPORTS AN EGG HUNT WITH A DIFFERENCE
12 April 2006
Through the Marine Stewardship Programme, The Crown Estate are supporting the Shark Trust’s Great Eggcase Hunt over Easter and into the summer months.
In recent decades several species of skate and ray around the UK coast have dramatically declined in numbers. In order to determine the general whereabouts of these species, the Shark Trust actively encourages the British public to count eggcases that wash up on our beaches. The identification of these critical areas will enable the Shark Trust to propose conservation measures required to reverse the decline of these charismatic animals.
The Crown Estate is supporting the project this year in order to provide promotional materials including posters, stickers and leaflets for schools and members of the public in time for the spring / summer identification and recording events of cast-up eggcases.
Our funds will also help create an interactive website to enable open access to eggcase count data and collated results. The new website will also be used to disseminate resources to volunteer recorders and so to expand public and group involvement.
By increasing the number of individuals and organisations involved in the Great Eggcase Hunt our funding will help maximise the records that are collected; which in turn provide better baseline data for species conservation.
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