Marine Scotland Communications

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There’s no place like home

13th May 2014

The Designated Landing Port (DLP) Box in Scrabster harbour has become a new home for a family of birds. DLP Boxes are traditionally used by fishing vessels who leave their logbooks inside, with details of their onboard catch. With the advent of electronic logbooks for majority of vessels, however, their use has declined, which is where these birds saw an opportunity! So…

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Marine Licensing: Pre-Application Process Study commissioned

6th May 2014

Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team (MS-LOT) has commissioned Natural Capital to conduct a study to review the pre-application process for marine licensing. The aim is to have a more effective and efficient process that could save time and reduce the risk of delays in the determination of marine licences, and ultimately could be advantageous to…

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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 23 April 2014

2nd May 2014

This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article on ‘Green Growth in Fisheries’. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 9 April 2014

24th April 2014

This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article on ‘The Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Services’ Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 16 April 2014

17th April 2014

This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article highlighting the key figures from the provisional Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013 released yesterday. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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Marine Scotland supports Science Superhero Day

16th April 2014

On 22 March 2014, 20 volunteers from Aberdeen – including Sarah Hughes from Marine Scotland Science – worked in two shifts to deliver the superhero day at Aberdeen’s Satrosphere. In each session, six scientists from different disciplines attempted to blend into the crowd, not an easy task when wearing a bright red superhero cape and…

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Good Practice Guide for Underwater Noise Measurement published

15th April 2014

A Good Practice Guide for Underwater Noise Measurement has been published, giving guidance on best practice for in-situ measurement of underwater sound, for processing the data, and for reporting the measurements using appropriate metrics. From a scientific point of view, accurate acoustic measurements are needed for a diverse range of disciplines such as acoustical oceanography,…

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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 9 April 2014

10th April 2014

This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring a guest article reporting on on ‘Fishermen’s perceptions on marine management ’ Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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ICES Science Fund supports eight innovative projects

10th April 2014

From 100 years of Baltic change to improving fisheries management through behavioural economics, ICES (which included members of  Marine Scotland) announces eight projects to be supported by the newly established ICES Science Fund. “We received many diverse and interesting proposals but focused on projects that will add value to ICES Science Plan, are feasible, and…

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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 2 April 2014

3rd April 2014

This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on the ‘European offshore wind industry in 2013’. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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