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ICES ASC2013, Reykjavik (Iceland) – Marine Spatial Planning Session
19th December 2013
ICES Annual Science Conference 2013 took place in Reykjavik, Iceland from 23rd – 27th of September 2013. There were around 700 participants from 37 countries and more than 430 oral and poster presentations. There were 18 theme sessions covering a range of topics on fisheries management, ecosystem-based management, survey design, spatial statistics, climate change, ocean…
Summary Report on Wave & Tidal Demonstration Zone Identification Process has been released
3rd December 2013
The Crown Estate published a report which gives details of the seabed areas which has been defined as demonstration zones for the leasing process for wave and tidal test and demonstration projects from 2013 onwards. Seven demonstration zones have been defined across the UK: Four of the zones are in places with tidal current resources,…
Review of Noise Effects of Operational Offshore Wind Turbines including noise transmission through various foundation types
3rd December 2013
MS published a review of the acoustic output of operational off-shore wind turbines and its dependence on the type of foundation structure used. Three foundation types are examined in this report: jacket, monopile and gravity foundation. The acoustic output from each of these foundation types is then compared to curves representing the hearing and behavioural…
Study on habitat modelling for harbour porpoises in the Moray Firth has been published
3rd December 2013
MSS has recently deployed 30 CPoDs on the east coast of Scotland. The aim of this network is to allow us to monitor the bottlenose dolphin population during wind farm construction. Data from the same device have been used in a recently published study by Dr. Kate Brookes, to validate a habitat association model for…