Marine
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Marine & Fisheries news from other organisations
1st April 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
MSCC News: 1 April 2014 You can now follow the Marine Ripple Effect on LinkedIn, for all the latest and best news in UK marine science brought to you by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) on behalf of the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC). Read the article For more information about the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee,...
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Joint Warrior Exercise – 25 March and 11 April 2014
28th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
Every six months, the Ministry of Defence undertakes a major programme of exercises involving land forces, warships, submarines and aircraft from all the NATO partners, across the UK. An important maritime element of Joint Warrior takes place in the offshore and coastal waters to the north east, north and north west of Scotland, which is...
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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 26 March 2014
27th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring a guest article reporting on on the ‘Linking Ecology with Marine Planning’. Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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Bird collisions with wind turbines
26th March 2014 by Paul Stainer
Collisions of birds with turbine blades is one of the big issues in environmental impact assessment of offshore wind farms. MS helped to establish a one year project at UHI Thurso on uncertainty in the models used to assess collision risk. Dr Liz Masden has a MREKE Fellowship to do the work. There have been...
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Marine & Fisheries News from other organisations
25th March 2014 by Marine Directorate Communications
MSCC News: 25 March 2014 Changes in the sun’s energy output may have led to marked natural climate change in Europe over the last 1000 years, according to researchers at Cardiff University. Read the article For more information about the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee, please visit www.defra.gov.uk/mscc/.
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Scotland’s Environment Web – Youth Competition
24th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
‘What needs to change in your local community that will make a difference to your environment and what role can you play in making it happen?’ You have the power to make change happen. Changing the way people in your neighbourhood behave is the first step to changing the way the world works. Think about...
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Marine Scotland Reserach Opportunities
24th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
There are currently two research opportunities that are inviting tenders: Marine and coastal tourism and recreation in Scotland study: Tenders are sought for this research project no later than noon on Monday 28 April 2014 A study assessing the spatial extent and associated socio-economic value of marine and coastal tourism and recreation in Scotland. To include a...
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Marine Scotland Science help with research in to climate change
20th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
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...
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Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 19 March 2014
19th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring a guest article reporting on ‘Whitefish prices, 2014: positive early indications’ Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates
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New Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report Published
18th March 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications
Marine Scotland Science (MSS) has prepared a scoping report of the research requirements for Atlantic salmon, sea trout and European eel in the context of offshore renewables (Malcolm et al, 2013). This report is intended to inform the development of a National Research and Monitoring Strategy for Diadromous Fish (NRMSD) to investigate the potential for interactions...
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