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Marine Operations Group

02 July 2026

Parliamentarians take to our lab – and the seas – to discover how ocean research supports environmental decision-making 

Yesterday, a group of cross-party UK parliamentarians joined us in the laboratory and set sail aboard RV Plymouth Quest to gain practical, experience-based insight into the role of ocean science in addressing some of the world’s most p...

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  No crew, no problem: PML’s autonomous vessel samples the Plymouth Sound for biodiversity data 

  PML and partners complete a successful sampling campaign in the Plymouth Sound

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  Maintenance trip turned ‘Mayday’ rescue as PML crew support efforts byRNLI 

  On Monday this week (16th December 2024), crew from Plymouth Marine Laboratory embarked on the PML Explorer RIB for routine maintenance on the L4 data buoy, and on their return to the marina, responded to a Mayday call reporting a missing diver south of Plymouth Breakwater.