Marine

  • 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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  • Award for the best undergraduate dissertation in marine science

    18th September 2014 by

    At the Challenger Society for Marine Science’s Biennial Conference, a student co-supervised by Dr Bee Berx from the Oceanography Group at Marine Scotland Science (MSS) was awarded a prestigious award for the best undergraduate dissertation in marine science.  Christine McKenna, studying for a BSc in Geography & Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, used...

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  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1114S – Groundfish Survey

    4th August 2014 by

    Overview of survey The MRV Scotia will sail on the morning of Thursday 31July. The first station is located not far from Aberdeen so once the safety drills have been completed, the Scotia will proceed to the first station where a shakedown haul will be completed in advance of the first real haul in order...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1414A – Benthic biotopes

    4th August 2014 by

    Overview The MRV Alba na Mara cruise will be conducting the survey below in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage. The purpose of the cruise is to investigate the distribution and quality of benthic biotopes around Scotland. The data are required to underpin designation and management of the new suit of marine protected areas. The survey...

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  • MRV Scotia Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey Complete

    31st July 2014 by

    MRV Scotia has now completed the annual HERAS ( HERring Acoustic Survey), returning to Aberdeen on 17 July 2014. HERAS is an International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) co-ordinated survey with five countries taking a “snapshot” of herring stocks with coverage from the southern North Sea to north of Shetland and down...

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  • Marine Scotland Science make an appearance on BBC Coast

    30th July 2014 by

    Last night, the BBC’s Coast programme featured an article about counting fish in the sea, including some of the history – and science -behind fisheries research. Marine Scotland scientists Coby Needle and John Dunn were interviewed with Coby explaining how fish are aged and how the process of assessing fish stocks is done. John spoke about the story...

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