Marine Scotland Communications
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Marine Scotland welcomes European Marine Biological Resource Centre to Edinburgh
14th July 2015
Marine Scotland hosted the latest meeting of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) Implementation Board at its offices in Edinburgh on 13th July. EMBRC, based in Paris, is the latest European Resource Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) being developed and EMBRC will support both fundamental and applied research based on marine bioresources and marine ecosystems. In particular,…
Interim Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCOD) Framework published
1st July 2015
A team of scientists from across the University of St Andrews has developed a new desktop tool for assessing the impact of noise from human disturbance, such as offshore wind development on marine mammal populations – the Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCOD) Framework. The steering committee for the project was chaired by Dr. Ian Davies,…
RiCORE Newsletter: June 2015
30th June 2015
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, RiCORE aims to develop a risk-based approach to the consenting of offshore renewable energy sites, running from January 1st 2015 to June 30th 2016. The project is comprised of six European partners, including Marine Scotland and they have also started to produce a regular newsletter, with details of all their latest updates….
Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 24 June 2015
25th June 2015
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on the 2014 UK Seafood Processing Industry Report. Read the full update
Taking the message about marine litter back to school
22nd June 2015
In Marine Scotland, we have a bunch of very active and knowledgeable colleagues who are STEM Ambassadors who spend lots of time educating and working with your people, whether at schools or universities. In March, one on the members of our Fish Health Inspectorate attended an Eco-day at the Mill O’Forest primary school in Stonehaven, where…
Marine Scotland Science supports sustainable aquaculture projects
18th June 2015
More than twenty new research projects have been awarded funding to address key challenges to the aquaculture sector. The proposals, supported by co-funders including Marine Scotland, Centre for the Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas) and the Scottish Government, will focus on farming or cultivation in finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. The programme primarily aims to…
Marine Scotland Science colleagues mentor Product Design student
17th June 2015
For the fifth year in a row, Marine Scotland Science colleague John Dunn has mentored a PDE (Product Design Engineering) student from Glasgow School of Art. This year’s student, William Balloch, had the task of designing a better chlorophyll filtering system for use on board research vessels. Given the importance of this particular job and the volumes…
Consultation: Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan
16th June 2015
A consultation is being launched on a plan that will be used to guide development activity in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters and members of the public will soon have the opportunity to give feedback on the draft plan. The Marine Spatial Plan has been developed by a working group that includes Marine Scotland, Orkney…
Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 22nd June
11th June 2015
The clean-up in Torry continues with more and more people getting involved and community interest growing. Colleagues at the James Hutton Institute, under the watchful eye of Rose Towney, organised a clean-up on the 29th of May around Torry Battery and the shore. In total: 17 people were collecting over 5 hours (85 hours or 5,100…
Marine Scotland assists with the whale strandings on Skye
5th June 2015
Our colleagues in Marine Scotland Compliance may not be an emergency service but they will always help out when they can, whether it’s doing search, rescue or, in the case of the stranded pilot whales on the Isle of Skye this week, sending officers trained in marine life rescue to help on the ground. Officers from the Marine…