Marine

  • Promoting Best Practice for Inshore Fisheries

    11th May 2016 by

    Gear conflict is a longstanding and complex problem in Scottish inshore waters. While the majority of fishermen from competing sectors co-operate well on a day to day basis, incidents of gear conflict have existed for decades without any decisive action taken by government. When gear conflict occurs it is very difficult for an enforcement body...

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  • The Skye’s the limit

    10th May 2016 by

    In October last year, we featured a blog by the now retired Marine Scotland scientist, John Dunn, about the success of Nuffield student and Albyn School pupil, Skye Arnott, from Aberdeen. At the Nuffield celebration event in Surgeon’s Hall in Edinburgh, Skye was awarded a Crest Gold award for her project “Can we predict jellyfish blooms?” and she...

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  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – March and April 2016

    9th May 2016 by

    This bumper blog has the March and April updates from the Marine Scotland Marine Analytical Unit and features articles reporting on the Scottish Marine Recreation & Tourism Survey (March) and the Fish Price Index (April). Read the full March update Read the full April update

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  • Alba na Mara Survey 0716A Programme

    6th May 2016 by

    Duration: 28 April – 07 May 2016 Gear: Surface and subsurface PAM moorings Objectives: To deploy a series of moorings comprising dhan buoys (eight surface marked moorings) and acoustic release systems (22subsurface moorings) with attached acoustic recording devices (30 C-POD and 10 SM2M) as part of the east coast marine mammal monitoring programme (see Table...

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  • Joint Warrior Training Activity: 11th to 23rd April 2016

    30th March 2016 by

    Joint Warrior (JW) 161, will take place between 11th and 23th April 2016 and will comprise of a programme of exercises conducted by land forces, warships, submarines and aircraft across the UK. The maritime element is focussed in the offshore and coastal waters to the north east, north and north west of Scotland.

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  • Round-up of the latest Scottish Marine & Freshwater Science publications

    23rd March 2016 by

    March has seen a bumper number of Scottish Marine & Freshwater Science publications being released. In case you’ve missed any, here they are: Measurement of Hearing in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 11 Collection of Data to Inform the Implementation of a Discards Ban: Scottish Marine and...

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  • New report on the swimming depth of sea trout published

    22nd March 2016 by

    The potential risk which marine renewable developments pose to animals at sea, including fish, is partly dependent on their swimming depth. For example, fish species which predominantly occupy space close to the surface will be at less risk from bottom-mounted tidal turbines than fish species that have a bentho-pelagic lifestyle. The sea trout is an...

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  • Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan approved

    22nd March 2016 by

    The pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan has now been finalised following endorsement by Orkney Islands Council and the Highland Council and ministerial approval. Now the Plan has been approved it will be used by the Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team as a material consideration in the determination of marine licensing and...

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  • New report published on the hearing of salmon

    22nd March 2016 by

    Underwater noise in the sea has the potential to affect marine animals, including fish. A new report published by Marine Scotland Science, Measurement of Hearing in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using Auditory Evoked Potentials, and effects of Pile Driving Playback on salmon Behaviour and Physiology, describes measurements of the hearing capability of salmon in experimental aquaria,...

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  • Celebrating 50 years of the Girnock Burn Fish trap

    21st March 2016 by

    2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Girnock Burn fish trap on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire. The Girnock Burn fish trap is one of only three long-term fish population monitoring facilities in Scotland where detailed information on adult and emigrant numbers, sizes and ages of Atlantic salmon is obtained by Marine Scotland Science (MSS)...

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