Marine
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Understanding the State of the Environment conference: an update
8th April 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Following the success of the Scotland’s Environment Understanding the State of the Environment on the 13th March in Edinburgh, a post-event webpage – with videos of the morning presentations, short interviews with some of the delegates, presentations from the afternoon workshops and photos of the event – has been created.
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Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA) – Call for Projects
7th April 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
A funding opportunity to develop practical solutions to the challenges facing the industry today Marine Scotland is funding joint industry science research projects to start from June 2015 and ideas are invited for work under the Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA). Funding of £150,000 is available for 2015/16 to support collaborative research that furthers scientific...
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Marine Scotland staff clean up: 2nd April
1st April 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Early in March, we told you about some of the fantastic work that colleagues in our Lab in Aberdeen have been doing to keep the beaches at Torry clean. Around 20 people turned up to help for the latest clean up, including colleagues from SEPA, SNH and JNCC from the neighbouring Inverdee House. The clear up operation went...
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A changing world – a personal reflection
31st March 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
There is one constant; our environment is continuously changing. The big challenge for science is to be able to distinguish between natural fluctuations and those forced by anthropogenic activities. This requires that we gather as much evidence as we can and across Marine Scotland Science we are gathering data and maintaining our long-term time series with...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 26 March 2015
30th March 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Wave and Tidal Energy in the UK: Capitalising on Capability. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0415A Programme
27th March 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 29 March – 17 April 2015 Fishing Gear: Scallop dredges Objectives: To carry out a survey of scallop stocks on the West Coast; To assess shell damage on all scallops caught; To collect information on by-catch of other commercial fish and shellfish species; To identify and quantify numbers of starfish species in all dredge...
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Go4SET Regional Finals – An Assessor’s Experience
26th March 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
By John Dunn On the 11th of February I acted as an assessor in the regional finals of the Go4SET competition at Elphinstone Hall, King’s College, Aberdeen University. Teams from all over Grampian had been working away for ten weeks on a series of projects, and our role as assessors was to choose a suitable...
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MRV Scotia: Survey 0415A – Cruise Programme
25th March 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 7 – 20 April 2015 Gear: Jackson BT 195 monkfish bottom trawl; 400mm x 45.7m Rockhopper ground gear with tickler chain; 2 x sets of Morgere Ovalfoil OF12 1700 Kg trawl doors; and Net sensors; standard Scanmar sensors, bottom contact sensor and depth / temperature logger (DST). Objective: To undertake a nationally co-ordinated demersal...
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ICES recommends increased consideration of ecosystem functioning in its review of the MSFD
20th March 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has reviewed three descriptors of Good Environmental Status (GES) of the European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The review suggests revisions to the criteria of the descriptors, highlighting the need for the MSFD to consider how humans impact the functioning of the ecosystem. It...
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Life’s a (clean) beach!
19th March 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has launched the results of their Great British Beach Clean, which took place from 19th – 22nd September 2014. A record number of more than 5,300 volunteers took part, across more than 300 events nationally and the results can be downloaded from the MCS website. If you would like to take...
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