{"id":8903,"date":"2018-11-30T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2018-11-30T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:52:26","slug":"clean-seas-environment-monitoring-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2018\/11\/30\/clean-seas-environment-monitoring-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Survey:<\/strong> 1918A Alba na Mara Programme<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong>\u00a029 November \u2013 3 December 2018<\/p>\n

Sampling Gear: <\/strong>BT 158 with 50 mm cod-end;\u00a02 m beam trawl with 50 mm cod-end;\u00a0Day grab and table;\u00a0Catamaran and neuston net<\/p>\n

Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To undertake flatfish sampling in St Andrews Bay, Outer Firth of Forth and the Forth estuary (Tancred) in support of the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (OSPAR and MSFD).<\/li>\n
  2. To undertake sediment sampling in the Outer Firth of Forth and the Forth estuary in support of the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (OSPAR and MSFD.<\/li>\n
  3. To undertake survey of sea-surface litter in surface waters of the Forth and Scottish east coast and record seabed litter collected by the trawls (MSFD D10).<\/li>\n
  4. To undertake fish, shellfish and sediment sampling in support of the microplastics ROAME (ST014).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Fishing and scientific gear will be loaded in Leith at the end of the previous survey, prior to Alba na Mara sailing on 29 November.\u00a0 After all drills have been completed, and in consultation with the master, the vessel will steam for the first allocated station. \u00a0Flounder will be sampled in St Andrews Bay and in the Forth estuary (Tancred bank), dab will be sampled in the Outer Firth of Forth.\u00a0 Five sediment stations will be sampled at each of the Outer Firth of Forth and the Forth estuary; at each station two grabs will be taken: one for contaminants and one for microplastics.\u00a0 The neuston trawl will be deployed in the Forth estuary, the Firth of Forth, and off the east coasts of Fife and East Lothian.\u00a0 This net is to be towed at five knots, or less, for 30-90 minutes in order to collect and sample microplastics floating on the sea surface.\u00a0 An additional sediment sample to be collected by Day grab from under the course of each catamaran tow for subsequent microplastics determinations.\u00a0 A variety of fish species will be adventitiously sampled from the trawls and frozen for work-up in the laboratory as part the microplastics ROAME (ST014).\u00a0 Records will be made of seabed litter caught by the trawls.<\/p>\n

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    Tables 1, 2 and 3 list the sediment, fishing and sea surface litter survey sites, respectively.<\/p>\n

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    General Arrangements:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Liquid nitrogen and other chemicals (e.g. methanol, formalin) will be carried aboard for the preservation and storage of biological material.<\/p>\n

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    \nFigure 1 Work region for 1918A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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