Marine

  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 24 September 2014

    23rd October 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article about a New Survey of Scottish Fishing Crews. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 22 August 2014

    23rd October 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article reporting on Perceptions of Sub-Seabed Carbon Dioxide Storage in Scotland. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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  • New topic sheet published: EMBRC

    20th October 2014 by

    Through its members the EMBRC will provide access to European coastal seas and the extensive range of marine organisms that it contains. In addition, with having both the expertise and necessary specialist facilities, it will become the major European provider of marine biological research infrastructure and related services, championing the future sustainable exploitation of marine...

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  • European Plans for the Ocean Energy Sector – October 2014

    17th October 2014 by

    The European Commission has developed a two-step action plan to support the emerging ocean energy sector in Europe. In the first phase (2014 – 2016), an Ocean Energy Forum will be set up, which will bring together stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of the problems and to develop solutions. It will focus on building...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1714A – Cruise Report

    13th October 2014 by

    “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure”. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. A good book on a long sea trip is often a good source of inspiration. Finding and identifying rare marine species hidden beneath...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1714A – Cruise Programme

    13th October 2014 by

    Figure 1 – Map of the study area in the waters around the Isle of Skye Duration: 26 September – 14 October 2014 Ports: Loading in Fraserburgh, 24 September 2014 and unloading in Greenock, 14 October 2014 Personnel: Five Gear: Pyramid frame and underwater video camera kit. Pyramid frame calibration mesh (2 x wire panels) Large, dual...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1914A – Groundtruthing Survey

    13th October 2014 by

    Duration: 27 October – 2 November 2014 Ports: Loading at Greenock, 24 October 2014, Unloading at Greenock, 02 November 2014 Personnel: Four Gear: Day grabs TV drop frame including HD digital video, temperature probe, flux capacitor, lasers, polyurethane cable, swathe multibeam echosounder system and RoxAnn system. Objectives To undertake groundtruthing survey work over electrical cables and hydrocarbon pipelines...

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  • 8th International GIScience conference

    10th October 2014 by

    In September, Marine Scotland Science staff attended the 2014 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIS),. The biennial conference, held in Vienna and hosted by the Austrian University of Technology brought together more than 600 international participants from academia, industry, and government organisations to discuss the state-of-the-art advances in the field of GIS. This...

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  • Rome Declaration presented at EurOCEAN 2014

    9th October 2014 by

    Today, the Rome Declaration was presented at the EurOCEAN 2014 conference, an official event of the Italian EU Presidency. Setting a vision for seas and ocean science to achieve an ecosystem approach to the management of Europe’s marine resources as a fundamental requirement for sustainable Blue Growth, the Rome Declaration sets out four high level...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 1814A – Scallop Abundance

    8th October 2014 by

    Duration: 16-24 October 2014 Sampling Gear: Pyramid frame 2 x UW TV cables (one armoured) Digital stills camera AV support equipment  Objectives 1. Collect time series data on scallop abundance in the Lamlash Bay area In September 2008 part of Lamlash Bay, Arran, became a community marine reserve and is now a No Take Zone...

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