Emily Hague- Doctor of Philosophy
- Post-doctoral Research Associate at University of the Highlands and Islands
Emily Hague
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Post-doctoral Research Associate at University of the Highlands and Islands
My current research focuses on marine mammals and anthropogenic threats in Scottish seas.
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Introduction
My research focuses on understanding how human activities co-occur with and impact marine mammals. I am passionate about working with local people and communities to understand and help protect their local seas.
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September 2020 - present
Position
- PhD Researcher
Description
- Mapping the cumulative effects of human activities on marine mammals in UK waters: informing management, planning and conservation efforts
Publications
Publications (17)
A growing and increasingly globalised human population, requiring the movement of goods and commodities, is placing increasing demands on the maritime industry, resulting in a concurrent increase in global shipping activities. This has consequences for the marine environment, particularly for species vulnerable to the impacts of vessel traffic. For...
The remote and harsh environment that endemic Arctic whales (bowhead, narwhal and beluga) reside in has so far limited their exposure to many human activities. However, Arctic industrialisation coupled with increasingly accessible ice-free waters means these species increasingly co-occur, and are exposed to, a number of potentially impactful activi...
Preliminary Results of my PhD research on identifying knowledge gaps in the research of the impacts of vessels on cetacean species, using a systematic literature review approach.
International sailing regattas are major sporting events often held within coastal marine environments which overlap with the habitats of marine species. Although races are confined to courses, the popularity of these events can attract large spectator flotillas, sometimes composed of hundreds of motorized vessels. Underwater noise from these floti...
Photo-identification enables non-invasive identification of individuals from natural markings, with several algorithms developed to recognise individual patterns. ExtractCompare is a key software package for individual semi-automated recognition of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ). Its performance, however, may vary with image quality, aspect emplo...
To support the predicted growth of shipping activities in the Arctic region in coming decades, port developments and associated shipping infrastructure will be required to be developed in both Arctic and sub-Arctic areas. Such large-scale development in unique and potentially vulnerable areas are likely to have wide-ranging effects and associated i...
The Forth Marine Mammal Project are a group of people with a keen interest in marine mammals in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Together, we want to build our understanding of the marine mammals that visit the Forth and help raise public awareness about the fantastic wildlife that occurs in this area. We encourage anyone interested to join the associ...
This paper describes the first documented obseravation of placental expulsion by a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), which was captured on video by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in coastal waters of the Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom. The advent and development of UAS technology provides novel opportunities to observe and do...
This paper documents an opportunistic observa-tion of a dyadic interaction between a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and a Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) within the southern remit of Aith Voe, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 2 April 2022. The interaction occurred both on and within ~10 m of Aith Pier, a man-made public pier consisting mainly of...
The rapid emergence of new marine developments (e.g., marine renewables, port infrastructure) alongside the substantial growth of existing industries has ultimately resulted in an unprecedented increase in anthropogenic structures within the marine environment over the previous century. Knowledge of whether marine species interact with, avoid, or a...
Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of acute and chronic anthropogenic stressors, potentially experiencing these in isolation, successively and/or simultaneously. Formal assessment of the likely impact(s) of the cumulative effects of multiple stressors on a defined population is carried out through a Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA), whic...
Photographic identification (photo ID) is a well-established, non-invasive, and relatively cost-effective technique to collect longitudinal data from species that can be individually recognised based on natural markings. This method has been improved by computer-assisted pattern recognition software which speed up the processing of large numbers of...
An increasingly ice-free northern region is providing emerging opportunities for international transportation of goods utilising long envisaged Arctic sea routes. However, environmentalists have increasingly expressed concern about the potential impact of rising levels of ship traffic on the Arctic environment, contemplating socio-political issues...
Fostering and allo-suckling are widespread among pinnipeds, and several hypotheses have been formulated to explain their occurrence. Here, we describe the occurrence of allo-suckling in harbour seals from photo-identification data of females and pups in Orkney (Scotland) during the pupping seasons between 2016 and 2019. We used a generalised linear...
Offshore renewables have the potential to make a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s target to generate 50% of Scotland's overall energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030 and to have decarbonised the energy system almost completely by 2050. The offshore wind industry is set to expand substantially in Scotland and the rest...
We compared the performance of three pattern recognition software's (ExtractCompare, I3S Pattern and Wild.ID) for harbour seal photo-ID based on: • Equipment (digiscope vs. lens as proxy for distance) • Catalogue size • Aspect of seal (e.g. head, flank)
