Marine
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MRV Alba na Mara: survey 1215A programme
5th August 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Duration: 12 – 28 August 2015 Gear: 60 mm prawn trawl BT 201 2 x Day grabs and 1 x sieving table Towed TV sledge, 600m umbilical towing cable and cameras (plus backup) TV drop frame (large version) Lasers and bracket for drop frame Prawn sorting table Objectives To obtain estimates of the distribution and...
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Recreation and Tourism Survey
3rd August 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Marine Scotland is launching its first national survey of recreation and tourism around the Scottish coast and seas. It covers a vast array of activities and tourism businesses in, on or next to the sea and by telling us who does what and where the survey will help recreation be appropriately recognised in the marine...
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Life on a research vessel – sampling on the MRV Scotia in the Faroe Shetland Channel
31st July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Ever wondered what it’s like being on a research vessel? We’ve just added a new film to our Youtube channel to give you an idea of just that. Filmed over a number of years, this short programme shows some of the research work that is carried out by the Marine Scotland scientists on board the MRV Scotia. The...
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Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 30 July 2015
30th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
This month’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on “Approaches to cost reduction in the offshore wind industry”. Read the full update
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Ocean Literacy Survey
29th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Work is currently ongoing to gather information on “Ocean Literacy” in the UK – understanding the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean. A survey has been created, that is part of a research project and based on a framework developed in the United States, that intends to assist institutions in the UK in improving their techniques for imparting ocean...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – last update 27th July 2015
27th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Here’s the last update from the Deep Sea Survey 0915S: Day 9 We continue to work away. The baited lander is retrieved for the last time and the pictures are downloaded successfully. Rather than risk further misfires with the maxicorer we switch gear to the less sophisticated, but more reliable Van Veen grab to get...
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MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project (Survey 0915S) – update 24 July 2015
24th July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
The latest update of the MRV Scotia Survey 0915S… Day 4. After yesterday’s tantalising glimpses of what might have been the cold seep, Jim Drewery, leads the watch in which we begin to deploy the more conventional seabed sampling gear. The first samples suggest we are indeed in the right area. Graham Oliver who did...
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Get interactive with Wild Fisheries Reform
23rd July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
The consultation on the proposed conservation measures to introduce a licensing system for the killing of any wild salmon in Scotland together with associated carcass tagging regulations and baits and lures regulations closed on 30 April. The proposed measures would apply solely to salmon and not to sea trout. Over 600 replies to the consultation were received....
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It’s a Super Saturday with Marine Scotland Science
23rd July 2015 by Marine Scotland Communications
Earlier in July, Marine Scotland Science STEM Ambassador, Jane Mills, took part in Fraserburgh’s Super Saturday – Land and Sea event. The Super Saturdays run between May and December and have a different theme every month. With the help of local skippers who have provided her with fish, Jane hosted a fresh fish counter where people could find...
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ICES Science Fund success for MSS researcher
22nd July 2015 by Marine Directorate Communications
In our blog in May, we featured an article about the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) announcing seven awards for its 2015 ICES Science Fund Call. Pablo Leon Diaz of the Phytoplankton Ecology Group in Marine Scotland Science was one of the winners with his proposal in collaboration with the University of...
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