Marine
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MRV Scotia; Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey
16th July 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
Overview of survey: The MRV Scotia and a chartered pelagic vessel will conduct the Herring Acoustic Survey covering the area shown below. The pelagic vessel will identify fish shoals using the echosounder and fishing operations will be carried out using the multisampler cod end unless large aggregations are seen in the area. Samples of all species...
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MRV Alba na Mara; Survey 1214A – Renewable Energy Survey
16th July 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
Overview of survey: The survey work will involve the deployment of the TV drop frame (shown right) and, where practical, the deployment of a day grab. Some additional bathymetric survey work and trawling may also be undertaken depending on the weather conditions. MRV Alba na Mara will complete a half landing to exchange scientific staff. The...
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MRV Alba na Mara; Survey 1014A – Update
20th June 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
The East Coast Scallop Survey is going well so far as the weather has been very good and is allowing us to make excellent progress through the stations. As I write this over 38 hauls have been completed with all scallops measured, aged and damage indexed. We got this large lobster in the bycatch and...
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MRV Alba na Mara; Survey 1014A – East Coast Scallop Survey 2014
19th June 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
The East Coast Scallop Survey for 2014 is well underway, having set sail on the 6th of June. Overview of survey: Scallop dredge hauls will be made at sites used on previous surveys and other known commercial grounds as shown below. Hauls will be of 30 minutes duration. From each haul, all of the scallops...
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MRV Scotia; Survey 0714S – Nephrops Television Survey Update
17th June 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
It’s been over a week since we left Aberdeen on a grey, foggy day. Normally, at this time of year, these conditions would not be warmly welcomed. However a) we sailed from Aberdeen so didn’t expect much better, and b) these features meant there would be very little wind, which is ideal for the annual...
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MRV Scotia; Survey 0714S – Nephrops Television Survey
13th June 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
The MRV Scotia began her annual North Sea and West coast Nephrops Television Survey last week. The main areas in which the survey will take place are shown in the figure below. A combination of two approaches will be used to derive the survey positions. The majority of stations will be generated by employing the...
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