193 returned results for 'research survey'

  • Mapping the seabed of the north of Scotland

    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. MSS 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 a floating…

    29th September 2015

  • Mapping the seabed of the north of Scotland

    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…

    14th August 2015

  • Marine Scotland welcomes European Marine Biological Resource Centre to Edinburgh

    Marine Scotland hosted the latest meeting of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) Implementation Board at its offices in Edinburgh on 13th July. EMBRC, based in Paris, is the latest European Resource Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) being developed and EMBRC will support both fundamental and applied research based on marine bioresources and marine ecosystems. In particular,…

    14th July 2015

  • Eleven Peer-reviewed Papers Published for MSS in the last quarter

    Our scientists have been involved with a number of peer-reviewed papers these last few months. Those published from December 2014 to date are shown below, with links to the abstract and the MSS author, where available.: Casaretto, Licia, Marta Picciulin, and Anthony D. Hawkins. 2015. Mating behaviour by the haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). Environmental Biology Of Fishes…

    9th April 2015

  • Marine Scotland launches data publication portal

    Marine Scotland holds a vast amount of data on the marine and freshwater environment in Scotland and today sees the launch of a dedicated portal- http://marinedata.scotland.gov.uk – to allow users to search published data and reports. As well as making it easier to locate data and reports published by Marine Scotland, the portal also provides citation information on these datasets…

    28th November 2014

  • Marine & Fisheries News from other Organisations

    Majority of UK public unaware of growing threat that ocean acidification poses to the marine world According to the results of a major new national survey, published by Cardiff University, the majority of the British public has a very low awareness of the issue of ocean acidification, with around only one-in-five participants stating they had…

    17th November 2014

  • Crossing the edge: from coastal seas to open ocean

    By Bee Berx The Faroe Shetland Channel (FSC) is a key connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nordic Seas. The flow of warm, saline Atlantic water polewards, and the underlying equatorward cold overflow are important branches of the Atlantic overturning circulation. Marine Scotland Science (MSS), in collaboration with the Faroese Marine Research Institute (FAMRI)…

    5th September 2014

  • EIMR International Conference 2014 – Stornoway, Scotland

    The EIMR (Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewables) conference was held April 30 – May 1 2014 on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland, UK. Two hundred scientists from the UK, Europe, and North America came together at the An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway, for two days of oral and poster presentations, with…

    13th August 2014

  • Supporting the Scottish Marine Protected Area (MPA) project

    This week the Scottish MPA project reached a significant milestone this week with the designation of 30 protected sites throughout Scottish waters. This network is the result of work involving many agencies and organisations. Marine Scotland Science (MSS) has been working hard conducting research, monitoring surveys and providing advice to help support this work. MSS…

    24th July 2014

  • Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables: call for abstracts

    Following the success of the inaugural international EIMR conference in 2012 (Orkney, Scotland), the University of the Highlands and Islands and partners are delighted to announce the second environmental interactions of marine renewables (EIMR2014) conference to be held in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis between 28 April and to 2 May 2014. This meeting will serve…

    13th January 2014