Marine

  • 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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  • MRV Scotia: 1514S and 1614S – Mackerel surveys

    8th October 2014 by

    Loading: Aberdeen, 8 October 2014, Departure: Aberdeen, 11 October 2014 Arrival and unloading: Aberdeen, 23 October 2014 Sampling Gear Midwater trawl PT160 x 2 Edgetech broadband towed system Seabird 911 CTD Go-pro camera system with additional sensors (depth, temp, attitude etc) Towed hydrophone array Overall Objectives To investigate the use of a broadband system as a...

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  • Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future

    3rd October 2014 by

    Marine Scotland Science have been involved in a recent publication reviewing the assessments carried out for offshore wind farms.  The article describes the lessons learned from recent experiences in the European offshore wind industry and makes recommendations for future monitoring and assessments in this internationally growing industry. It focusses mostly on assessments relating to marine mammals...

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  • MS Scientist talks about Ocean Sampling Day

    1st October 2014 by

    Marine Scotland Scientist Eileen Bresnan was interviewed recently by American Public Radio about our involvement in Ocean Sampling Day. Click here to listen to the interview.

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  • Ministry of Defence Joint Warrior Exercise: 5 – 16 October – Brief for fishing vessels and ferries

    26th September 2014 by

    Information is now available online for the next bi-annual Joint Warrior Exercise that will take place between the 5th and 16th October. The Brief for fishing vessels and ferries is available online: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/JointWarrionOct2014 For any queries or issues, please contact the Staff Officer Submarines at: Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff Northwood Headquarters Sandy Lane Northwood Middlesex HA6 3HP...

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  • The many considerations around stocking wild salmon

    25th September 2014 by

    Although young salmon may look very much like one another, it is well established that their metabolic rates when resting are highly variable among families. But what does that mean? A recent publication from an international team, including John Armstrong of Marine Scotland Science (MSS) and Simon McKelvey of Cromarty Fisheries (Robertsen et al., 2014)...

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