Marine
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Celebrating Science and Year of the Young Person with Eric Dalgarno
20th September 2018 by Marine Directorate Communications
As we mentioned in one of our earlier blogs, 2018 is both the Year of the Engineer and the Year of the Young Person – and this blog is about one of our many colleagues who are inspiring the next generation with their Outreach work. This is Eric, one of our Marine Environmental Chemists in...
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Not all rivers are the same: new analysis reveals how juvenile salmon numbers vary across Scotland
19th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
Electrofishing is a commonly used method for capturing, counting and sampling fish populations. Where electrofishing is performed according to carefully defined standards, and combined with appropriate statistical analysis, it is possible to estimate the number of fish in a particular section of a river. Electrofishing data have been collected across much of Scotland for over...
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Turning MUSE-ings in to action
18th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
Increasing demands on ocean resources and the associated conflicts between competing ocean users has made it crucial for us to carefully consider how we use our seas. Over the last two years, the Multi-Use in European Seas (MUSES) Project, led by Marine Scotland, has been researching the concept and the real life practicalities of “multi-use”...
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Let’s Go Fly a Kite
17th September 2018 by Marine Directorate Communications
Survey: 1418A MRV Alba na Mara Programme This survey will be executed in two parts during the window of 12th September to the 25th September 2018. Part One Objectives: Live fish capture for tank based trials in our Fish Behaviour Unit (FBU); and Trialing new Vonin ‘Flyer’ headline kites. Part Two Objectives: Recover (VR2Tx) salmon...
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A Tall Ship Amongst the Nephrops
14th September 2018 by Marine Directorate Communications
Survey: 1318A MRV Alba na Mara Duration: 25th August – 10th September 2018 Another busy week of TV deployments aboard Alba na Mara for the Nephrops Underwater TV (UWTV) Survey. This weeks efforts were concentrated in the Firth of Forth where we managed a total of 56 TV stations and two fishing operations. Poor visibility...
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Go west….to Greenland!
13th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
We’re excited about bringing you this next blog. Sean, who you’ll read about below, is taking part in a West Greenland Salmon Sampling trip. But what is it and why is sampling done in Greenland? Read on to find out…. Welcome to my West Greenland Salmon Sampling Photo Blog My name is Sean Dugan and...
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Celebrating the Year of the Engineer – Going with the Flow
11th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
As we mentioned in our blog in January, 2018 is the Year of the Engineer as well as the Year of the Young Person. Over the course of the year, we’ll be introducing you to some of our incredibly talented engineers, as well as showing your some of their work. This month, it’s another of...
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Supporting science at school with a Royal Society Partnership Grant
10th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
Our Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory in Pitlochry and Breadalbane Academy in Aberfeldy are celebrating after receiving a Royal Society Partnership Grant, allowing them to work together on a project to explore the effects of hydro dams on river temperatures in the school’s local catchment, the River Tay. Royal Society Partnership Grants support schools to enable students...
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Amazing Footage at Half-landing for Survey 1218S
7th September 2018 by Marine Directorate Communications
It’s Monday the 3rd of September and since the last blog post the team here have been squirreling away, successfully collecting video data from all of the planned stations at Rosemary Bank Seamount and are starting to collect still photos and video from Wyville Thomson Ridge. The weather has delayed us a little on this...
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Reality TV at its Best
6th September 2018 by Marine Directorate Communications
Survey: 1318A MRV Alba na Mara Duration: 25th August – 10th September 2018 MRV Alba na Mara left Fraserburgh on Sunday the 26th of August, a day later than planned due to poor weather, to begin survey 1318A – the ‘Annual Nephrops Underwater TV (UWTV) Survey’. The areas to be covered are Moray Firth and...
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