Beverley Westwood Probus Club held their September lunch meeting at the Beverley Arms Hotel.
Their guest speaker was Marine Biologist Anthony Hurd, from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, deivered a most interesting talk on the work of the Trust with particular reference to his own role in marine conservation off the Yorkshire coast.
Anthony described the Wildlife Trust as a charity that loves Yorkshire and loves wildlife.
It was established in 1946, now has some 35,000 members and employs around 500 volunteers and 50 staff. The Trust is collaborating with similar organisations in the UK and on the continent in the “North Sea Marine Protection Areas Project”.
Within this Anthony is working with those who live and work on the coast and at sea to establish environmentally protected areas off the Yorkshire coast.
The objective is to make the sea more environmentally sustainable. Some notable successes have already been achieved.
For example of the 127 zones originally proposed some 31 will be in place by the end of this year and the shell fish harvest has grown to the point that Bridlington is now the largest such port in the UK, exporting lobsters and crabs throughout the Common Market.
Member Sam Walton proposed a vote of thanks.
Membership of Beverley Westwood Probus Club is open to retired business or professional men.
Our Next Event will be a coffee morning at the Beverley Arms Hotel on Wednesday 25th September at 10.15 a.m.
Our Next Lunch will be at the Beverley Arms Hotel on Wednesday 2nd October at 12.30 p.m. when our speaker will be David Eade who will talk about work in the Magistrate’s Court.
Interested? Contact our Secretary, on 01482 867076 or any member for further information.
