Marine Scotland
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Marine Scotland Science Discover New Coral Species on Rockall
9th January 2020 by Marine Scotland Communications
Scientists from Marine Scotland Science (MSS) have discovered a new species of coral on Rockall Bank in the North East Atlantic. The discovery is of an animal known as a sea pen, which as it lacks a hard outer skeleton is often described as a soft coral. The species is described fully in a…
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Herring or Sprat; and the Notorious Case of Burke and Hare
24th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
One of the earliest pieces of fisheries research carried out in Scotland concerned the Firth of Forth herring fishery, and whether herring and sprat were two separate species. An artefact from this research is on display in the library foyer at the Marine Laboratory, in Aberdeen. The Board of British White Herring Fisheries was established…
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