Marine Directorate Communications
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Marine Scotland staff clean up: 15th April
15th April 2015
Another lunchtime, another pile of rubbish. Good work everyone in the heat and under the glare of the camera’s lens. Following editing our “film” is expected to go on our Marine Scotland You Tube channel, so keep a look out for it! Last week’s figures combined (grand totals): 5 bin bags of general waste (55) Collecting…
MFV Genesis: Survey 0215H Programme
10th April 2015
Duration: 9-18 April 2015 Fishing Gear: Anglerfish Trawl BT 195 Objectives: To undertake a nationally co-ordinated demersal trawling survey of anglerfish species on Ices IVa Northern North Sea. To obtain temperature and depth profiles at each trawling station. To record and map distributions of megrim, four spot megrim and cod. To collect biological data on…
MFV Ocean Endeavour: Survey 0315H Programme
9th April 2015
Duration: 9-18 April 2015 Fishing Gear: Anglerfish Trawl BT 195 Objectives: To undertake a coordinated demersal trawling survey of anglerfish species on the continental shelf and slope to the North and West of Scotland. To obtain temperature and depth profiles at each trawling station. To record and map distributions of megrim, four spot megrim and…
Eleven Peer-reviewed Papers Published for MSS in the last quarter
9th April 2015
Our scientists have been involved with a number of peer-reviewed papers these last few months. Those published from December 2014 to date are shown below, with links to the abstract and the MSS author, where available.: Casaretto, Licia, Marta Picciulin, and Anthony D. Hawkins. 2015. Mating behaviour by the haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). Environmental Biology Of Fishes…
Marine Scotland Compliance Officer wins Volunteer of the Month
1st April 2015
Congratulations to Gareth Kemp, Senior Fishery Officer for Marine Scotland Compliance in Peterhead for winning February’s BT Club Volunteer of the Month Award. Gareth, who is Junior Head Coach with Ellon’s Rugby Club said: “It’s absolutely fantastic to have been nominated for the award, never mind to have won it. I give roughly 40 hours to the club…
MRV Alba na Mara: Survey 0415A Programme
27th March 2015
Duration: 29 March – 17 April 2015 Fishing Gear: Scallop dredges Objectives: To carry out a survey of scallop stocks on the West Coast; To assess shell damage on all scallops caught; To collect information on by-catch of other commercial fish and shellfish species; To identify and quantify numbers of starfish species in all dredge…
Marine & Fisheries News from other Organisations
27th March 2015
A new paper featuring contributions from Plymouth Marine Laboratory Director of Science Professor Manuel Barange outlines why fish deserve more attention in food policies in our quest to meet the nutritional needs of a growing global population. Fish already make a major contribution to the human food supply, providing more than 4.5 billion consumers with…
Go4SET Regional Finals – An Assessor’s Experience
26th March 2015
By John Dunn On the 11th of February I acted as an assessor in the regional finals of the Go4SET competition at Elphinstone Hall, King’s College, Aberdeen University. Teams from all over Grampian had been working away for ten weeks on a series of projects, and our role as assessors was to choose a suitable…
MRV Scotia: Survey 0415A – Cruise Programme
25th March 2015
Duration: 7 – 20 April 2015 Gear: Jackson BT 195 monkfish bottom trawl; 400mm x 45.7m Rockhopper ground gear with tickler chain; 2 x sets of Morgere Ovalfoil OF12 1700 Kg trawl doors; and Net sensors; standard Scanmar sensors, bottom contact sensor and depth / temperature logger (DST). Objective: To undertake a nationally co-ordinated demersal…
Partial Solar Eclipse in Aberdeen
20th March 2015
Some wonderful shots of this morning’s eclipse from our in-house Communications team members, Keith Mutch and Mhairi Sinclair. Taken from the Balnagask Golf Club near the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. Come on over to our Flickr site to few some more. © Crown copyright.