87 returned results for 'marine litter'

  • Marine Scotland Staff Clean Up: 1 October 2015

    There have been five separate clean-ups since the last update, one of which included us being joined by Steven Shaw, Environmental Manager for Aberdeen City Council, on the 1st of October. We discussed potential improvements to the area including the installation of bins, with closed lids, at the top of paths going down to the…

    7th October 2015

  • Marine Scotland Staff Clean Up: 3 September 2015

    Our marine litter clean-ups have been continuing well since our last update. Grand totals, as at 3rd September 2015 – Bottles and cans recycled total = 3,472; Full bin-bags of waste total = 175, and Person effort, in minutes, collecting = 14,375 (240 hrs) Most interesting item found on the 3rd of September at the…

    8th September 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 1st July

    Last week, colleagues cleaned-up the embankment area and the roadside from the foot of St Fittick’s Road to the Torry Battery car park and then the shore and shore-path from the sandy beach adjacent to the lighthouse (Area 7) back to the “show-beach”(Areas 6 through to 3). They collected: Total effort collecting – 90 minutes Number…

    6th July 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 22nd June

    The clean-up in Torry continues with more and more people getting involved and community interest growing. Colleagues at the James Hutton Institute, under the watchful eye of Rose Towney, organised a clean-up on the 29th of May around Torry Battery and the shore. In total: 17 people were collecting over 5 hours (85 hours or 5,100…

    11th June 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 1st June

    Last week, Danny Pendrey and Sarah Hughes from Marine Scotland Science met with Torry Community Council in Aberdeen to give a presentation on the marine litter clean-ups that they, and other colleagues, have been doing in Torry. The key areas addressed in the meeting were identifying where the litter was coming from and looking at ways to improve things, going…

    1st June 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 5th May

    Not letting a bank holiday stop him our chief litter picker, Danny Pendrey, enlisted the help of his family yesterday to collect some litter on the beach next to the lighthouse. As part of the regular ongoing clean up, colleagues will be going out this Thursday (7th May) to carry on the good work. For…

    6th May 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 30th April

    Marine Scotland and other colleagues in Aberdeen are continuing with their fight with litter on the beach with our colleagues, Danny and Mike, going out on Monday for a spot of impromptu litter picking around the shore and embankment. The eagle-eyed of you will spot the stats have leapt up. This follows Danny having a catch-up…

    30th April 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean up: 23rd April

    A big well done to everyone who has taken part in all of our beach clean-ups so far. The very good news is that we have almost reached the lighthouse – we are about 25 yards away. Once we have completed this stretch we will consider the marine litter clean-up phase complete, at least this…

    24th April 2015

  • Marine Scotland staff clean up: 2nd April

    Early in March, we told you about some of the fantastic work that colleagues in our Lab in Aberdeen have been doing to keep the beaches at Torry clean. Around 20 people turned up to help for the latest clean up, including colleagues from SEPA, SNH and JNCC from the neighbouring Inverdee House. The clear up operation went…

    1st April 2015

  • ICES ASC2013, Reykjavik (Iceland) – Marine Spatial Planning Session

    ICES Annual Science Conference 2013 took place in Reykjavik, Iceland from 23rd – 27th of September 2013. There were around 700 participants from 37 countries and more than 430 oral and poster presentations. There were 18 theme sessions covering a range of topics on fisheries management, ecosystem-based management, survey design, spatial statistics, climate change, ocean…

    19th December 2013