Formal report series, containing results of research and monitoring carried out by Marine Scotland Science
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 14 The Scottish Coastal Observatory (SCObs) monitors environmental parameters in Scottish coastal waters, generating data to fulfil the Scottish Government’s statutory monitoring obligations under...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 12 Interbreeding between escaped farmed Atlantic salmon and wild indigenous salmon (hybridisation) introduces genetic material from farmed stocks into wild populations (introgression) with...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 10 This report describes a survey carried out in Largo Bay, Firth of Forth in 2020. The original work plan was interrupted due to Covid-19 but a survey of the area currently being fished was...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 13 In this study, we provide an estimate of the quantity of organic carbon (OC) held within the surficial soils (top 10 cm and 15 cm) of Scotland’s extensive saltmarsh habitats. This work builds...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 11 This review is an update of the review undertaken in 2010 to identify what data is currently held for the Scottish marine environment on hazardous substances included on OSPAR and WFD lists and...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 9 Commercial aquaculture farm production data have long been used to investigate the causes of stock mortality with analyses of disease focussing on individual presumptive causes. Substantial...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 4 A major problem faced in commercial crustacean fisheries, and the research and management of such fisheries, is the potential effect of discarding practices on survival and condition of non-...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 8 Estimation of Scotland’s Atlantic salmon stocks is a key component of national and international management and requires information on rod catches. During 2020 rod fisheries were adversely...
The Loch Linnhe Biological Sampling data resource contains both biological and sampling information for 2011-2013. This is linked to the physical data collected at the same time which is available upon request from MSS. During the 2011, 2012 and...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 9 No 8 The Scottish Government has the duty to ensure that the development of the offshore renewable sector is achieved in a sustainable manner. A key challenge in delivering sustainable development is...