223 returned results for 'ICES'

  • Oceans and people: The VECTORS Project

    What are ecosystem services and how can our understanding of them help to improve the health of our oceans?  The VECTORS project, an EU-funded marine research project, has developed integrated, research-based knowledge of marine ecosystem services, the value of them to society and the willingness of people to accept changes to them. It has also…

    3rd March 2015

  • New publications from Marine Scotland Science provide new information needed for marine planning and licensing

    The second of two reports, published today, reports on the activity of inshore fishing boats over a 5 year period. This is the outcome of a major Marine Scotland project: “ScotMap – Mapping fishing activity in Scotland’s inshore waters”. Fishing vessels over 15m long are fitted with Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) providing us with information…

    19th December 2014

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1814S – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 13 November – 4 December 2014 Loading: Aberdeen 10 November 2014 Departure: Aberdeen 13 November 2014 Half Landing: Greenock (24 or 25) November (flexible) Unloading: Aberdeen 4 December 2014 Fishing Gear: GOV Trawl (BT137 – Strengthened) and ground gear D. Objectives: To participate in the ICES co-ordinated western division demersal trawling survey. To obtain…

    7th November 2014

  • New topic sheet published: EMBRC

    Through its members the EMBRC will provide access to European coastal seas and the extensive range of marine organisms that it contains. In addition, with having both the expertise and necessary specialist facilities, it will become the major European provider of marine biological research infrastructure and related services, championing the future sustainable exploitation of marine…

    20th October 2014

  • New Publications on Marine Renewable Energy Developments

    Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) have recently completed two reports relating to marine renewable energy developments and their potential impact on the environment. These reports offer a risk assessment of the interaction between marine renewable devices and the diving birds and megafauna in the area. The first report, Commissioned Report No. 773. A Diving Bird Collision…

    20th August 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

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1114S – Groundfish Survey

    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…

    4th August 2014

  • Migrating Atlantic salmon findings published

    Marine Scotland Science has published findings of a study looking at the behaviour of homeward migrating salmon in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. The study is part of a research programme, funded by the Scottish Government, which aims to identify and minimise any disruptions to wildlife as the marine renewable energy industry develops.Using coastal…

    1st August 2014

  • MRV Scotia Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey Complete

    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…

    31st July 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