Marine

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 0915S Programme: MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project

    16th July 2015 by

    Duration: 16-27 July 2015 Gear: VMUX towed video chariot with HD camera system and integrated CTD 2 X Agassiz trawl 2 X epibenthic sledge (supplied by SAMS) 2 X megacorer (one supplied by UoA) 1 X Van-veen grab 1 X mini gravity corer (supplied by BGS) 1 X lander with video cameras (supplied by UoA)...

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  • Historical footage of the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen

    15th July 2015 by

    Did you know that marine and fisheries science has been happening in Aberdeen since the late 1800s? And fisheries protection has been happening since the late 1700s? As part of a historical exhibition about Marine Scotland in Peterhead two years ago, we created a brochure that tells you all about where Marine Scotland came from – but if you want...

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  • Marine Scotland welcomes European Marine Biological Resource Centre to Edinburgh

    14th July 2015 by

    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,...

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  • New collaborative deep sea survey: Hatton-Rockall Basin

    13th July 2015 by

    In the last year, a new initiative has made Marine Scotland Science’s research vessels, the MRVs Scotia and Alba na Mara, available for use by the MASTS community for specific research projects. This month, the first of these projects becomes operational. A partnership between Marine Scotland Science (MSS), SAMS, Aberdeen University and British Geological Survey has been created as part of...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: survey 1015A programme

    9th July 2015 by

    Duration: 03-19 July 2015 Gear: Surface and subsurface PAM moorings Objectives: To retrieve and re-deploy a series of moorings comprising either dhan buoys (nine surface marked moorings) or acoustic release systems (21 subsurface moorings) and the acoustic recording devices attached to them (30 C-POD and ten SM2M) as part of the East Coast Marine Mammal...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: survey 0515A programme

    7th July 2015 by

    Duration: 18-25 April 2015 Gear: Surface and subsurface PAM moorings Objectives: To deploy a series of moorings comprising either dhan buoys (maximum of ten surface) or acoustic release systems (minimum of 20 subsurface) and recording devices (30 CPOD and ten SM2M) as part of the east coast marine mammal monitoring programme (see Table 1 and...

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  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 1st July

    6th July 2015 by

    Last week, colleagues cleaned-up the embankment area and the roadside from the foot of St Fittick’s Road to the Torry Battery car park and then the shore and shore-path from the sandy beach adjacent to the lighthouse (Area 7) back to the “show-beach”(Areas 6 through to 3). They collected: Total effort collecting – 90 minutes Number...

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  • MRV Scotia: survey 0715S update

    3rd July 2015 by

    The MRV Scotia sailed east from Aberdeen on the 3rd June to begin the Annual Nephrops TV Survey. Work commenced at the Fladen grounds, however after only completing half the planned stations the weather turned poor and the outlook even worse so the vessel made its way for the Minches. In considerably better conditions, stations...

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  • MRV Scotia: Survey 0715S Programme

    2nd July 2015 by

    Nephrops Survey Duration: 3-22 June 2015 Gear: 2 x ScotiaBT175 80mm prawn trawls 2 x Day grabs and 1 x sieving table Towed UWTV sledge 2 x 600m umbilical towing cables and associated TV equipment (including back up). Objectives: To obtain estimates of the abundance and distribution of Nephrops burrow complexes at Fladen, in the...

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  • Interim Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCOD) Framework published

    1st July 2015 by

    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,...

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