The Team: Like-Minded People 

Director: Project Media

Camera, Editor and Producer. Bernard has been in the media business for over 40 years. Until recently he was the co-founder and director of a successful remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) company. Bernard decided to pursue full time non-for-profit conservation filmmaking. “Living on The Edge” is his second full length wildlife documentary. Bernard has trained as a medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue. He is a Trustee of the River Don Trust and a Friend and supporter of Macduff Marine Aquarium.

Shark and Skate Scotland: Marine Biologist and Shark Specialist

Lauren is a marine biologist and coastal ecologist who specialises in shark research, she is the founder and operator of Saltwater Life, a shark research and marine conservation organisation. Her scientific research has been published in several peer reviewed scientific journals which can be viewed here: https://saltwaterlife.co.uk/scientific-publications/ 

Concurrently Lauren is a Project Manager for the East Grampian Coastal Partnership and runs a regional environmental initiative called Turning the Plastic Tide, which raises awareness of marine plastic pollution and encourages greater participation in beach cleaning in the North East of Scotland.

Shark and Skate Scotland: Aquarist, Diver, Underwater Photographer

An experienced SCUBA diver Chris specialises in marine life identification. He has been involved in numerous environmental activities and was part of the dive team that responded to reports of a scallop dredger ploughing through a known Flame Shell bed in Loch Carron on the West coast of Scotland in 2017.  The footage and photos were used to push a very successful campaign to pressurise the Scottish Government into protecting the area, Loch Carron was designated an emergency Marine Protected Area, the first of its kind, and later made into a permanent Marine Protection Area. 

In 2019 Chris located eggs of the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus Intermedius) in the Sound between Skye and the mainland after following up a sighting made by a scallop diver. A successful media campaign followed and 'The Red Rocks and Longay MPA' was designated in February 2023. Chris is a marine mammal medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue and a trained volunteer with SMASS - The Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme.