Marine
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Deep sea secrets uncovered
30th December 2013 by Marine Scotland Communications
Four secretive sea creatures previously unknown to science have been discovered in deep ocean waters hundreds of miles off the north west coast of Scotland. Marine Scotland trawl surveys off the continental shelf in the north Atlantic have uncovered a brand new species of large sea snail, two kinds of clams and a marine worm....
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Protecting shellfish production
30th December 2013 by Marine Scotland Communications
Scotland first country in UK to ensure continued protection of shellfish waters. New legislation comes into force today to ensure the continued protection of Scottish shellfish growing waters. The measures – the first of their kind in the UK – have been introduced to replace the European Shellfish Waters Directive which has been repealed today....
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ICES ASC2013, Reykjavik (Iceland) – Marine Spatial Planning Session
19th December 2013 by Andronikos Kafas
ICES Annual Science Conference 2013 took place in Reykjavik, Iceland from 23rd – 27th of September 2013. There were around 700 participants from 37 countries and more than 430 oral and poster presentations. There were 18 theme sessions covering a range of topics on fisheries management, ecosystem-based management, survey design, spatial statistics, climate change, ocean...
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Community Renewable Energy Schemes in Scotland
19th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
University of Aberdeen’s School of Social Sciences organised an event on “Community Renewable Energy Schemes” on Wednesday 20th of November. The seminar looked into factors that affect the success of community renewable energy schemes. To highlight the importance of the event, it worth mentioning that the Scottish Government has a target of 500MW community renewable...
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PhD Announcement
19th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
A 3yr PhD studentship (fully funded for UK/EU students) is available at the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St Andrews, to work on a collaborative project with Marine Scotland Science (MSS) looking at marine mammal habitat use along the east coast of Scotland using passive acoustic monitoring. The student will use data collected...
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Satellite Tagging
19th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
In early summer 2013 a team from MSS Freshwater Laboratory set off for the north coast to fit the first satellite tags ever deployed on maiden salmon in Europe. To ensure protection of this iconic species Scottish Government urgently needs information about the degree of spatial overlap between salmon and potential MRE developments. No-one knows...
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Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney waters marine spatial plan
11th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
Update on work The consultation and associated events in relation to the Planning Issues and Options Consultation Paper (PIOP) and the draft Environmental Report (ER) produced a good response. The Working Group have been collating and analysing the outputs of all the consultation responses and events and this will result in two documents as outlined...
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Ocean Energy Europe 2013, Edinburgh, Scotland – 29-30 October 2013
10th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
European Ocean Energy Association’s annual conference took place on 29th and 30th of October in Edinburgh sponsored by Scottish Development International. It was the Association’s first conference outside Brussels and the most successful annual conference to date indicating the increasing strength as force for development of the European ocean energy sector. EU-OEA’s 2013 conference marked...
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Marine Renewables in Canada
10th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
In November, Ian Davies joined an SDI mission to the annual meeting of Marine Renewables Canada in Ottawa. The trail had already been blazed by Phil Gilmour and Rob Watret who had visited Ottawa in the last couple of years. Canada has considerable potential for marine renewables, with wave power in the west and the...
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Marine Scotland Science takes part in Year of Natural Scotland Celebrations 2013
10th December 2013 by Paul Stainer
In November 2013, the four Scottish Science Centres came together to deliver a joint celebration of the Year of Natural Scotland, and Scotland’s Science, technology, heritage and future. Under the banner of ‘Celebrating Scotland’s Science’, the four Scottish Science centres engaged with young and old with the Science behind ‘Natural Scotland’. Furthermore, it gave the...
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