Julie Hatcher

Julie Hatcher is a marine biologist working in marine conservation in Dorset, England. She is passionate about the marine environment and is never happier than when pottering in the rockpools, snorkelling or scuba diving, or beachcombing on a windswept beach alongside her husband and co-author, Steve Trewhella.

Julie's work involves raising awareness of the marine environment and marine and coastal wildlife in the UK and includes writing articles for newspapers and magazines and designing leaflets and information panels. She also leads guided rockpool rambles and seashore identification training courses and has been a scuba diver for many years, mostly in the UK.

Steve and Julie met in 2004 since when they have organised projects to record pink seafan skeletons on Chesil Beach, long-haul litter and strandline invertebrates as well as carrying out dive surveys on seahorses and stalked jellyfish in their local area. They married in 2013 and live on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.