Marine
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Press release – Cornelius Hammer elected new ICES president at Council meeting
27th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has elected Dr. Cornelius Hammer as its new President for a three-year term. Hammer, Deputy President of the Thünen Institute in Germany and until recently the director of the Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries in Rostock, Germany, was previously ICES First Vice-President and German Delegate...
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Message in a bottle
26th October 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
While digging through the archives of footage we have in Marine Scotland, we came across this footage of drift bottles being thrown in to the sea, to try and help track the current. While we still sample in the Faroe Shetland channel, technology has moved on, as you’ll see from our Tracking the Ocean story from...
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Doors Open for Science Film
26th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Following on from our success with Doors Open Day in September, Marine Scotland’s Head of Science, Professor Colin Moffat, has put together a film from the day using pictures and video that he took during the day. So come on in and enjoy a brief overview of Marine Scotland Science in our very first Doors Open Day film. ************************************************ Previous Doors Open...
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MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1615A Programme
20th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 24 October – 7 November 2015 Objectives: To conduct an acoustic survey designed to survey both the open and enclosed areas of the Clyde to ultimately provide an estimate of the abundance and distribution of herring and sprat. To obtain samples of herring and sprat for biological analysis, including age, length, weight, sex, maturity...
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MRV Scotia: Survey 1515S Programme
16th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
Duration: 19 October – 2 November 2015 Background: The aim of this survey is to gather the initial dataset of a site monitoring time-series for the East of Gannet and Montrose (EGM) and Norwegian Sediment Plain (NSP) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPA), see Figure 1. This will contribute information on the habitats found at...
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MRV Scotia: Survey 1315S
15th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
So this is what life on the MRV Scotia looks like…. Some fabulous pictures taken during our recent Scotia survey 1315S. Further Information View the programme for survey 1315S.
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Scottish findings presented at ICES Annual Science Conference 2015
13th October 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Bringing the ecosystem services concept into marine management decisions – Scottish findings presented at ICES Annual Science Conference 2015 The ICES Annual Science Conference 2015 took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 21-25 September. The biggest marine science conference in the Northern Atlantic welcomed around 700 international scientists, policy- and decision- makers, those who work with marine...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 28 October 2015
11th October 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on mackerel Landings in 2014. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 30 September 2015
8th October 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014. Read the full update
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Marine Scotland Staff Clean Up: 1 October 2015
7th October 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
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...