Data related to marine planning activities or providing data and information to assist planning processes.
Collision Risk Models (CRM) are used to assess impacts on seabird populations in all offshore wind farms Environmental Impact Assessments (‘EIA‘) and Habitats Regulations Appraisals (‘HRA‘) in the UK. Existing collision models are unable to...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 13 The use of active high frequency echo sounders for commercial activities and marine research has been increasing in recent years. Compared to other anthropogenic noise sources, high frequency...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 14 The Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) for wave and tidal renewable energy generation in Scottish Waters (Faber, Maunsell...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 19 In this report the work to address the following objectives is described: • To compare harbour and grey seal diet composition, regionally and seasonally; • To compare harbour and grey seal diet...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 21 The objective of this study was to provide seasonal and regional estimates of harbour seal diet composition and regional estimates of prey consumption, and to investigate how harbour seal diet (...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 17 There is currently considerable uncertainty regarding the potential for lethal and injurious interactions between marine mammals and tidal turbines. This uncertainty is particularly concerning...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 24 In late 2014, observations of grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) predation on conspecifics which produced similar wounds provided a plausible alternative explanation of the likely cause of spiral...