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MRV Scotia: Survey 0915S Programme: MASTS Deep Sea Collaboration Project
16th July 2015
Duration: 16-27 July 2015 Gear: VMUX towed video chariot with HD camera system and integrated CTD 2 X Agassiz trawl 2 X epibenthic sledge (supplied by SAMS) 2 X megacorer (one supplied by UoA) 1 X Van-veen grab 1 X mini gravity corer (supplied by BGS) 1 X lander with video cameras (supplied by UoA)…
New collaborative deep sea survey: Hatton-Rockall Basin
13th July 2015
In the last year, a new initiative has made Marine Scotland Science’s research vessels, the MRVs Scotia and Alba na Mara, available for use by the MASTS community for specific research projects. This month, the first of these projects becomes operational. A partnership between Marine Scotland Science (MSS), SAMS, Aberdeen University and British Geological Survey has been created as part of…
MRV Alba na Mara: survey 1015A programme
9th July 2015
Duration: 03-19 July 2015 Gear: Surface and subsurface PAM moorings Objectives: To retrieve and re-deploy a series of moorings comprising either dhan buoys (nine surface marked moorings) or acoustic release systems (21 subsurface moorings) and the acoustic recording devices attached to them (30 C-POD and ten SM2M) as part of the East Coast Marine Mammal…
MRV Alba na Mara: survey 0515A programme
7th July 2015
Duration: 18-25 April 2015 Gear: Surface and subsurface PAM moorings Objectives: To deploy a series of moorings comprising either dhan buoys (maximum of ten surface) or acoustic release systems (minimum of 20 subsurface) and recording devices (30 CPOD and ten SM2M) as part of the east coast marine mammal monitoring programme (see Table 1 and…
Marine Scotland staff clean-up: 1st July
6th July 2015
Last week, colleagues cleaned-up the embankment area and the roadside from the foot of St Fittick’s Road to the Torry Battery car park and then the shore and shore-path from the sandy beach adjacent to the lighthouse (Area 7) back to the “show-beach”(Areas 6 through to 3). They collected: Total effort collecting – 90 minutes Number…
MRV Scotia: survey 0715S update
3rd July 2015
The MRV Scotia sailed east from Aberdeen on the 3rd June to begin the Annual Nephrops TV Survey. Work commenced at the Fladen grounds, however after only completing half the planned stations the weather turned poor and the outlook even worse so the vessel made its way for the Minches. In considerably better conditions, stations…
MRV Scotia: Survey 0715S Programme
2nd July 2015
Nephrops Survey Duration: 3-22 June 2015 Gear: 2 x ScotiaBT175 80mm prawn trawls 2 x Day grabs and 1 x sieving table Towed UWTV sledge 2 x 600m umbilical towing cables and associated TV equipment (including back up). Objectives: To obtain estimates of the abundance and distribution of Nephrops burrow complexes at Fladen, in the…
MRV Scotia: Survey 0815S Programme
14th June 2015
Herring Survey Programme Duration: 25 June – 14 July 2015 Sampling Gear: Midwater trawls PT160; Multisampling pelagic cod-end with one fine mesh cod-end; Seabird 19plus CTD; GoPro cameras x 2 with underwater housings and lights; Scanmar trawl eye sensor; and Towed Hydrophone array. Objectives: To conduct an acoustic survey to estimate the abundance and distribution…
MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0915A Programme
10th June 2015
Duration: 10-30 June 2015 Background: The central objective of EIWiF is to monitor the broader ecological environmental impact of offshore renewable developments. This work will concentrate on the developments proposed east of the Firth of Forth estuary. Several potential impacts have been identified in the scientific literature, varying from seemingly negative to seemingly positive impacts,…
Marine Scotland contribute to Maritime Spatial Planning and Monitoring conference
9th June 2015
On June 4th and 5th, MarCRF Research Fellow Jacqui Tweddle represented Marine Scotland Science at the OECD’s “Workshop on the Future of Maritime Spatial Planning and Ocean Monitoring” in Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop was organised as part of the project “The Future of the Ocean Economy – Exploring the prospects for emerging ocean industries to…