Marine
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MRV Scotia: Survey 1116S Programme
27th July 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
Duration: 5-25 August 2016 Gear: GOV Trawl (BT 137) with ground gear A & B Objectives: To complete an internationally coordinated demersal trawling survey in the North Sea in ICES area IV and continue an IBTS tow duration experiment. To obtain temperature and salinity data from the surface and seabed at each trawling station using...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – June 2016
30th June 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on the Fish Price Index. Read the full update
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Promoting Best Practice for Inshore Fisheries
11th May 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
Gear conflict is a longstanding and complex problem in Scottish inshore waters. While the majority of fishermen from competing sectors co-operate well on a day to day basis, incidents of gear conflict have existed for decades without any decisive action taken by government. When gear conflict occurs it is very difficult for an enforcement body...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – March and April 2016
9th May 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
This bumper blog has the March and April updates from the Marine Scotland Marine Analytical Unit and features articles reporting on the Scottish Marine Recreation & Tourism Survey (March) and the Fish Price Index (April). Read the full March update Read the full April update
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New report on the swimming depth of sea trout published
22nd March 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
The potential risk which marine renewable developments pose to animals at sea, including fish, is partly dependent on their swimming depth. For example, fish species which predominantly occupy space close to the surface will be at less risk from bottom-mounted tidal turbines than fish species that have a bentho-pelagic lifestyle. The sea trout is an...
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Celebrating 50 years of the Girnock Burn Fish trap
21st March 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Girnock Burn fish trap on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire. The Girnock Burn fish trap is one of only three long-term fish population monitoring facilities in Scotland where detailed information on adult and emigrant numbers, sizes and ages of Atlantic salmon is obtained by Marine Scotland Science (MSS)...
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Simple guide to the MPA management measures
9th February 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
Thirty Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were designated in Scotland’s seas on 24 July 2014, of which 17 fall under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 in inshore waters. In line with EU legislation, suitable management measures must be implemented at each site to conserve the protected features and the 17 inshore MPAs and 22 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) were...
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Regional IFG Chair Recruitment
2nd February 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
Marine Scotland is seeking to appoint two independent Chairs for the West Coast and North & East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups, for an initial period of 18 months. There are five inshore fisheries management bodies in Scotland. These appointments relate to the two mainland Inshore Fisheries Groups. Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) are non-statutory bodies...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 27 January 2016
28th January 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Demersal Fish Price Index. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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Marine Scotland Science Launch Fish Necropsy Manual
29th December 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Aquaculture and fish health colleagues in Marine Scotland Science (MSS) have recently launched a Fish Necropsy Manual – an online interactive website covering 10 important fish species in aquaculture or fisheries. In addition to the thoroughly illustrated necropsy technique, the manual contains additional information on: functional anatomy, post mortem phenomena, laboratory technical requirements, animal welfare, a dedicated glossary...