The aim of the EAST Marine Ecosystems (EASTME) conference is to bring together marine conservationists, citizen scientists, researchers, agencies and managers annually to share information and encourage greater collaboration across the region to improve our understanding, inform future monitoring and management of the marine environment. The EASTME region includes inshore and offshore waters in the UK's Exclusive economic zone, running from Flamborough Head in the north to the southern Suffolk border, including the Humber and the Wash.
The conference is an opportunity to reflect on local observations, research outputs and findings from 2024 that are collated in to a public ‘State of the East Seas’ annual report.