{"id":2756,"date":"2015-01-21T14:26:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2018-04-13T10:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T09:06:27","slug":"mrv-alba-na-mara-survey-0115a-update-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/01\/21\/mrv-alba-na-mara-survey-0115a-update-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0115A update II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week the west coast sea loch <em>Nephrops<\/em> TV survey being carried out in Loch Linnhe has been severely hampered by poor weather, resulting in reduced working days on a couple of occasions. The half landing in Oban was brought forward a day to Monday 12<sup>th<\/sup> January, optimising the potential for working on the 13<sup>th<\/sup> as the forecast looked more favourable for working that day. In addition one day was spent at anchor at Craignure, Mull due to the ongoing gales. The sea conditions prohibited working outside of Loch Linnhe and so habitat mapping, burrow abundance work and comparative trials between the TV sledge and drop frame were carried out on the days where work could be undertaken. On Saturday 17<sup>th<\/sup> the weather turned very cold which resulted in a lot of snow and calm sea conditions, which has provided ideal opportunities to continue with the survey. Despite the difficulties the weather has created, the survey has been progressing well, meeting many of the objectives, gathering a great deal of data about the distribution of the sediment around the loch\u2019s edge and allowed several trials of new equipment to be undertaken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/01\/14\/mrv-alba-na-mara-survey-0115a-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0115A Programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/01\/14\/mrv-alba-na-mara-survey-0115a-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0115A update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week the west coast sea loch Nephrops TV survey being carried out in Loch Linnhe has been severely hampered by poor weather, resulting in reduced working days on a couple of occasions. 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