Formal report series, containing results of research and monitoring carried out by Marine Scotland Science
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...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 1 The project “Engaging the fishing industry in marine environmental survey and monitoring”, funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and running from 2017-2020 is led by Marine Scotland...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 6 This paper reviews measures that have been adopted in the UK and overseas that could assist in developing non-lethal strategies to control seal predation on salmon in rivers, and to prevent seals...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 3 Scottish Government gained funding through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) to provide opportunities for the fishing industry to engage and collaborate with the scientific...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 12 No 2 This project, “Engaging the fishing industry in marine environmental survey and monitoring”, has been funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), led by Marine Scotland and...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 2 This report sets out to provide an improved estimate of the carbon (C) held within Scotland’s marine sedimentary environments across Scotland’s mapped extended Exclusive Economic Zone (i.e. 554,...