Marine Scotland launched the latest component of its open data network recently . Marine Scotland Information is a portal that provides context and background information on data being released. It is the gathering point of map layers from...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 16 The selection of appropriate avoidance rates for use in collision risk models at offshore windfarms is often a key part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process. Ideally, these avoidance...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 17 Marine Scotland requires a detailed understanding of fishing activity in Scottish Territorial Waters to inform marine spatial planning at both the national and regional level, and in relation to...
Marine Scotland has led the development of a hydrodynamic model of Scottish continental shelf waters, the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM). The initial model development was contracted out by the Scottish Government to CH2M Hill who worked on the...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 4 Climatological (“average year”) flow fields from the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) have been used to estimate the degree of connectivity between Scottish finfish aquaculture Farm Management Areas (...