Marine

  • Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations

    16th July 2014 by

    EcoWatt2050 – maximum marine energy extraction, minimum environmental impact Funding of more than £1 million has been awarded to a Scottish-based project that will help to determine the limits to tidal and wave energy extraction before potential environmental and ecological impacts occur. Read the Article

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  • MRV Scotia; Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey

    16th July 2014 by

    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...

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  • MRV Alba na Mara; Survey 1214A – Renewable Energy Survey

    16th July 2014 by

    Overview of survey: The survey work will involve the deployment of the TV drop frame (shown right) and, where practical, the deployment of a day grab.  Some additional bathymetric survey work and trawling may also be undertaken depending on the weather conditions. MRV Alba na Mara will complete a half landing to exchange scientific staff. The...

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  • Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations

    16th July 2014 by

    Fishermen scraping the bottom of the barrel in the English Channel Decades of overfishing in the English Channel has resulted in the removal of many top predators from the sea and left fishermen ‘scraping the barrel’ for increasing amounts of shellfish to make up their catch. Sharks, rays, cod, haddock and many other species at...

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  • Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations

    9th July 2014 by

    Anti-depressants disrupt fish’s brains Drugs designed to ease the symptoms of mental health problems such as depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress can have major disruptive effects on aquatic animals’ brains, say scientists. A suite of new research, published in a special issue of the journal  Aquatic Toxicology, points to mounting evidence that they...

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  • Scotland’s Environment web launches new volunteer service

    8th July 2014 by

    A new matchmaking service for volunteers looking for opportunities to get involved in environmental projects with local voluntary groups has been launched by Scotland’s Environment web (SEweb). The new Project Finder service is available through the recently re-launched Scotland’s Environment website – www.environment.scotland.gov.uk – and includes an easy to use search feature to help people...

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  • Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations

    8th July 2014 by

    Ministerial Group For Sustainable Aquaculture – Science and Research Strategy Aquaculture currently supplies more than 50% of global demand for fish and shellfish for human consumption. As the industry continues to grow Scotland is ideally placed to exploit this burgeoning market, but what are the barriers to Scottish expansion of this industry and how can...

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  • Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations

    4th July 2014 by

    Marine Scotland launches new Youtube channel Marine Scotland has launched a new Youtube channel, featuring videos about its work and of general marine and fisheries interest. View MS YouTube Brought to you by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (www.pml.ac.uk) on behalf of the UK Marine Science Coordination Committee. For more information about the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee,...

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  • PhD Opportunities available

    2nd July 2014 by

    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...

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  • Marine Analytical Unit monthly update – 25 June 2014

    25th June 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring an article on Seafish data, which shows a decline in Demersal profits in 2012. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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