71 returned results for 'faroe'

  • Crossing the edge: from coastal seas to open ocean

    By Bee Berx The Faroe Shetland Channel (FSC) is a key connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nordic Seas. The flow of warm, saline Atlantic water polewards, and the underlying equatorward cold overflow are important branches of the Atlantic overturning circulation. Marine Scotland Science (MSS), in collaboration with the Faroese Marine Research Institute (FAMRI)…

    5th September 2014

  • Supporting the Scottish Marine Protected Area (MPA) project

    This week the Scottish MPA project reached a significant milestone this week with the designation of 30 protected sites throughout Scottish waters. This network is the result of work involving many agencies and organisations. Marine Scotland Science (MSS) has been working hard conducting research, monitoring surveys and providing advice to help support this work. MSS…

    24th July 2014

  • MRV Scotia; Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey

    Overview of survey: The MRV Scotia and a chartered pelagic vessel will conduct the Herring Acoustic Survey covering the area shown below. The pelagic vessel will identify fish shoals using the echosounder and fishing operations will be carried out using the multisampler cod end unless large aggregations are seen in the area. Samples of all species…

    16th July 2014

  • PhD Opportunities available

    Marine Scotland Science is supporting a PhD opportunity at UHI SAMS and Marine Scotland Science, funded through the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)  on the subject of “Impact of basin-scale forcing on the circulation in the Faroe Shetland Channel”:  Read more : Impacts of basin-scale forcing on the circulation of the Faroe…

    2nd July 2014

  • Marine Scotland Science help with research in to climate change

    Since the late 19th century, researchers from the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen (part of Marine Scotland) have made regular observations of the temperature and salinity vertical structure in the Faroe Shetland Channel.  In the early days, this was done by taking water samples, but with advances in technology, this is now done using very accurate…

    20th March 2014

  • Step forward as mackerel agreement reached

    Scotland’s quota increased as two sets of negotiations end. Scotland’s most valuable fishery could be worth an extra £83 million this year after a five year deal was finally agreed between the EU, Norway, and for the first time in four years, the Faroes. At a time when stocks are particularly healthy, Scottish fishermen will…

    13th March 2014

  • Marine Scotland in Brussels

    As Brussels empties of tourists and refills with officials , the EU machine judders back into action.  With everyone away not much  happens in Brussels over August.  So let’s focus on what’s coming up – a full smorgasbord of directives, regulations and all night negotiations.  Elections There are a couple of big bumps coming up…

    3rd September 2013

  • Home for Christmas

    The scientists and crew of Scotia worked hard in difficult conditions to complete the last monitoring survey of the year before returning to port on 23 December, just in time for Christmas. Marine Scotland would like to thank all of the crew and scientists on board for their hard work and dedication to make the trip…

    6th January 2012

  • One of the longest oceanographic time series in the world

    The Marine Scotland research vessel Scotia set sail on Sunday 11 December with 10 scientists on board. This cruise will add to time series of measurements from the deep and cold waters of the Faroe-Shetland Channel that were started by scientists more than 100 years ago. In 1895, Dr H. N. Dickson published the results of…

    16th December 2011

  • ICES/NAFO Decadal Symposium Presentations

    In a previous post, we mentioned that several talks and posters were going to be presented at the ICES/NAFO Deacadal Symposium held in May. The overall purpose of the symposium was to improve the understanding of hydro-biological variability between 2000 and 2009 in the North Atlantic. Several presentations and posters were provided by Marine Scotland…

    20th May 2011