Marine

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1814S – Cruise Programme

    7th November 2014 by

    Duration: 13 November – 4 December 2014 Loading: Aberdeen 10 November 2014 Departure: Aberdeen 13 November 2014 Half Landing: Greenock (24 or 25) November (flexible) Unloading: Aberdeen 4 December 2014 Fishing Gear: GOV Trawl (BT137 – Strengthened) and ground gear D. Objectives: To participate in the ICES co-ordinated western division demersal trawling survey. To obtain...

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  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1714S – Cruise Programme

    29th October 2014 by

    Duration: 28 October – 10 November 2014 Gear:  Sonardyne Scout Plus USBL Sonardyne omni-directional transponder TV drop frame with lasers, SEA LED lights and wiring harness Kongsberg 14-408 digital camera system (X2) Kongsberg 14-208 digital camera system Kongsberg 14-366 TV camera system SUBC 1-CAM Alpha HD camera system Net-sonde cable VMUX controller 450m polyurethane cable...

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  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 24 September 2014

    23rd October 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article about a New Survey of Scottish Fishing Crews. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 22 August 2014

    23rd October 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Perceptions of Sub-Seabed Carbon Dioxide Storage in Scotland. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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  • New topic sheet published: EMBRC

    20th October 2014 by

    Through its members the EMBRC will provide access to European coastal seas and the extensive range of marine organisms that it contains. In addition, with having both the expertise and necessary specialist facilities, it will become the major European provider of marine biological research infrastructure and related services, championing the future sustainable exploitation of marine...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1714A – Cruise Report

    13th October 2014 by

    “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure”. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. A good book on a long sea trip is often a good source of inspiration. Finding and identifying rare marine species hidden beneath...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1714A – Cruise Programme

    13th October 2014 by

    Figure 1 – Map of the study area in the waters around the Isle of Skye Duration: 26 September – 14 October 2014 Ports: Loading in Fraserburgh, 24 September 2014 and unloading in Greenock, 14 October 2014 Personnel: Five Gear: Pyramid frame and underwater video camera kit. Pyramid frame calibration mesh (2 x wire panels) Large, dual...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1914A – Groundtruthing Survey

    13th October 2014 by

    Duration: 27 October – 2 November 2014 Ports: Loading at Greenock, 24 October 2014, Unloading at Greenock, 02 November 2014 Personnel: Four Gear: Day grabs TV drop frame including HD digital video, temperature probe, flux capacitor, lasers, polyurethane cable, swathe multibeam echosounder system and RoxAnn system. Objectives To undertake groundtruthing survey work over electrical cables and hydrocarbon pipelines...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1814A – Scallop Abundance

    8th October 2014 by

    Duration: 16-24 October 2014 Sampling Gear: Pyramid frame 2 x UW TV cables (one armoured) Digital stills camera AV support equipment  Objectives 1. Collect time series data on scallop abundance in the Lamlash Bay area In September 2008 part of Lamlash Bay, Arran, became a community marine reserve and is now a No Take Zone...

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  • MRV Scotia: 1514S and 1614S – Mackerel surveys

    8th October 2014 by

    Loading: Aberdeen, 8 October 2014, Departure: Aberdeen, 11 October 2014 Arrival and unloading: Aberdeen, 23 October 2014 Sampling Gear Midwater trawl PT160 x 2 Edgetech broadband towed system Seabird 911 CTD Go-pro camera system with additional sensors (depth, temp, attitude etc) Towed hydrophone array Overall Objectives To investigate the use of a broadband system as a...

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