Marine
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Marine Scotland Staff Clean Up: 29 January 2015
30th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
Torry Beach, near Capston Pier, following the recent floods For further details about a locally organised clean-up this Saturday, please follow the link to this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1691912807688194/ Please note that this event is not organised or endorsed by Marine Scotland.
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 27 January 2016
28th January 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Demersal Fish Price Index. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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Marine Scotland Staff Clean Up: 22 January 2015
26th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
There have been a couple of clean-ups since Christmas-time. Danny took to the beach on his own for the first one and Paul Stainer joined in for last week’s trip down to the shore; where 152 items were collected in 20 minutes. We are now into our second year of litter-picking and I’m sure Danny...
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MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0116A Update
21st January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
Following a two-day delay in sailing, due to adverse weather on the east coast, Alba sailed early evening on Friday 8th January and made way in heavy seas for Mull. In the shelter from the strong NE winds TV work began along the south side of Mull on Monday 11th, and over the following four days...
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MRV Scotia: Survey 0216S Programme
20th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 23 January – 12 February 2016 Fishing Gear: GOV Trawl (BT 137) with ground gear A & B; MIK Net (Round Frame with IK depressor); and MIKeyM net (attached to the MIK net on selected stations). Objective: To complete an internationally coordinated demersal trawling survey in the North Sea in ICES area IV. To...
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MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0116A Programme
19th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 6 – 22 January 2016 Gear: Large TV drop frame; TV sledge; 1 x 600m umbilical towing cable; 1 x armoured cable; Video cameras and associated equipment (plus backup); Four lasers and bracket for the drop frame; 1 x BT201 prawn trawl (plus minimal spares); Day grab and table; Prawn sorting table; Large plankton...
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New publication about how seabirds feed underwater
15th January 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
It has always been difficult to describe what diving seabirds do underwater – how deep they dive, how they forage and catch their prey. It is important to know about this, for example to assess the risk that underwater renewable energy turbines may present to the birds. In a new publication, The use of an...
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A new data recording system for fish sampling
14th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
As 2016 gets off to a somewhat stormy start, scientists onboard the MRV Scotia are welcoming a new data recording system that will not only reduce the chance of error but will also speed up the process for recording important statistics. Fish sampling is a very important part of fisheries research, contributing to a number...
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MEDIN are upgrading and want your views
12th January 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications
Marine data are held by many organisations in the UK and are collected for many different purposes: for the timing of tides to determine the position of submerged obstacles about the position of submerged obstacles for marine conservation to monitor and forecast weather and ocean states to site marine structures for scientific research to understand...
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Citizen Science Project – Can you help?
8th January 2016 by Marine Directorate Communications
In the last few years, Sarah Hughes an oceanographer at Marine Scotland has discovered a large dataset of coastal temperature data that sits in the archives of the UK Meteorological Office but has not been entered into ocean databases. These are daily/twice daily observations of coastal temperature taken at numerous coastal sites around Scotland, usually...
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