Welcome to Friends of Cardigan Bay
The volunteer organisation committed to caring for the Bay, its inhabitants and the marine environment
These pages will show you the riches of Cardigan Bay, the threats to it and how we all can be part of the solution. Whether you are a visitor to the Bay, a resident of the Bay area or purely a visitor on the web, we hope you will find our work interesting.
This site is currently under construction (June '08) and will be updated over the next few weeks, thank you for your patience.
Friends of Cardigan Bay are an active conservation group based in Aberystwyth on the shores of Cardigan Bay, West Wales.
Founded in 1989, our aims are;
To conserve and improve the quality of the environment of Cardigan Bay for all life
Increase public awareness of the effects of pollution and other threats to the Bay and its inhabitants
Join with other local and national organizations in monitoring the environment of the Bay and campaigning for it's proper protection.
Present and future direction of Friends of Cardigan Bay:
Our emphasis at present is on research and monitoring of the rich and diverse flora and fauna of the Bay around Aberystwyth.
We work closely with other marine wildlife groups and government departments covering the Welsh coast such as the Countryside Council for Wales, Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation and Aberystwyth University. By sharing information we can work together to build up a better picture of the overall health of the Bay.
In 2003 - 2007 active projects included :
- A weekly dolphin watch from Aberytwyth castle over the summer months
- Offshore bottlenose dolphin boat based surveys
- Investigations of the unique wildlife found on Sarn Cynfelin, our local reef running off Wallog, near Clarach Bay