Marine

  • Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 19 March 2014

    19th March 2014 by

    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 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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  • MMO Meeting on Core Fishing Grounds, London 24th February

    14th March 2014 by

    Marine Scotland staff from Planning & Policy and Science divisions have attended a scoping meeting on the opportunities and challenges to using a ‘core fishing grounds’ approach in marine spatial planning organised by the Marine Management Organisation on the 24th of February. A range of fishing industry and governmental representatives across the UK have gathered...

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  • Dolphin Watching in Aberdeen

    13th March 2014 by

    It seems more than the sun came out to play in Aberdeen yesterday! Whilst out taking some pictures near the Marine Laboratory, Mhairi Sinclair and Keith Mutch from our Communications Team saw at least five dolphins larking around near the lighthouse.    The Comms colleagues got some great pictures – come and have a look...

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  • Marine Analytical Unit weekly update – 26 February 2014

    13th March 2014 by

    This week’s update from the Marine Analytical Unit has been published, featuring a guest article reporting on the ‘The economic impacts of marine energy developments: A case study from Scotland’ Read the full update Related Links All previous Marine Analytical Unit updates

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  • Step forward as mackerel agreement reached

    13th March 2014 by

    Scotland’s quota increased as two sets of negotiations end. Scotland’s most valuable fishery could be worth an extra £83 million this year after a five year deal was finally agreed between the EU, Norway, and for the first time in four years, the Faroes. At a time when stocks are particularly healthy, Scottish fishermen will...

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  • EU strategy promoting coastal and maritime tourism

    12th March 2014 by

    Maria Damanaki, the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has made a speech at the High Level Conference on Coastal and Maritime Tourism in Athens about promoting coastal and maritime tourism. Read the full speech

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  • Calm seas are deceptively dangerous, warn scientists

    11th March 2014 by

    Seaside swimmers face the greatest risk of being dragged out into deep water when the waves are small and the tide is low, new research has revealed. The study, carried out on beaches throughout Devon and Cornwall, UK, says dangerous rip currents are at their most potent in small but long waves caused by distant...

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  • “Disarray” for others without Scotland in the EU

    5th March 2014 by

    Scotland pivotal to EU & non-EU countries fisheries framework. Key aspects of the EU’s delicately balanced and carefully negotiated international fisheries framework would be thrown into “disarray” without an independent Scotland as an EU member, Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said today. Speaking ahead of crucial international fishing talks being held in Edinburgh this week, Mr...

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  • Wild fisheries review – Update

    27th February 2014 by

    21st century management. Scotland’s wild fisheries must have a robust management system in place to ensure they are equipped to meet all the challenges and opportunities in the 21st century. Achieving this is the main aim of the upcoming independent Wild Fisheries Review, the remit and scope of which was announced by the Environment and...

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