PORCUPINE MARINE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Summer 2008 Number 24 ISSN 1466-0369 Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Newsletter No. 24 Summer 2008 Hon. Treasurer Membership Jon Moore Séamus Whyte Ti Cara The Cottage Point Lane Back Lane Cosheston Ingoldsby Pembroke Dock Lincolnshire Pembrokeshire NG33 4EW SA72 4UN 01476 585496 01646 687946
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[email protected] Cover Image: This beautiful image of the Porcupine Bank was created by Bob Downie (Porcupine former council member Frank Evan’s son-in-law) who is an oil sedimentologist Editorial As a book author and editor, factual, grammatical and typographical accuracy are of great interest and importance to me.