Marine
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MRV Scotia: survey 1115S Programme
18th August 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Rockall Haddock Survey Duration: 23 August – 3 September 2015 Fishing Gear: GOV Trawl (BT 137) with ground gear D Other Gear: CTD – Seabird 19+ Day and Van Veen grabs Objectives: To undertake the bottom trawl survey of haddock on Rockall Bank to a depth of 350 m; To deploy a CTD at selected trawl...
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Mapping the seabed of the north of Scotland
14th August 2015 by Paul Stainer
High resolution seabed bathymetry is now freely available for a section of the north coast of Scotland between the Kyle of Tongue and west of Thurso. Marine Scotland Science surveyed the area in 2014 using a multibeam echosounder. The bathymetric data is of particular interest to the wave energy industry and for the development of...
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MRV Alba na Mara: survey 1315A programme
6th August 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Duration: 1-10 September 2015 Equipment: 2 x BT 201 Prawn net – One rigged with separator panel and two 80mm codends – one rigged with a single live capture codend Grid with separator bar 80mm codend with SMP Trawl doors Sweeps, bridles, backstrops and pennants Spare netting and twine PSL5000 light unit x 2 2 x...
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MRV Alba na Mara: survey 1215A programme
5th August 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Duration: 12 – 28 August 2015 Gear: 60 mm prawn trawl BT 201 2 x Day grabs and 1 x sieving table Towed TV sledge, 600m umbilical towing cable and cameras (plus backup) TV drop frame (large version) Lasers and bracket for drop frame Prawn sorting table Objectives To obtain estimates of the distribution and...
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Life on a research vessel – sampling on the MRV Scotia in the Faroe Shetland Channel
31st July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Ever wondered what it’s like being on a research vessel? We’ve just added a new film to our Youtube channel to give you an idea of just that. Filmed over a number of years, this short programme shows some of the research work that is carried out by the Marine Scotland scientists on board the MRV Scotia. The...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – last update 27th July 2015
27th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Here’s the last update from the Deep Sea Survey 0915S: Day 9 We continue to work away. The baited lander is retrieved for the last time and the pictures are downloaded successfully. Rather than risk further misfires with the maxicorer we switch gear to the less sophisticated, but more reliable Van Veen grab to get...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – update 24 July 2015
24th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
The latest update of the MRV Scotia Survey 0915S… Day 4. After yesterday’s tantalising glimpses of what might have been the cold seep, Jim Drewery, leads the watch in which we begin to deploy the more conventional seabed sampling gear. The first samples suggest we are indeed in the right area. Graham Oliver who did...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – update 21 July 2015
21st July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Our update of the Deep Sea survey continues….. Day 2 Steaming west, passed the Butt of Lewis, the Flannen Isles, St Kilda, off the continental slope and into the Rockall Trough. The winds are easing and the sea state is improving all the time. Between construction of the multicore and final preparation of the lander,a sperm whale...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – update 17 July 2015
17th July 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Scotia left Aberdeen harbour this morning after two days of hectic mobilisation. On Tuesday morning Scotia’s deck resembled some kind of sub-sea jumble sale, but the scientists and Scotia’s crew worked hard to gradually transform it into what now looks more like a marine science expo. The most spectacular is a seabed lander that Oceanlab...
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MRV Scotia: Survey 0915S Programme: MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project
16th July 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
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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