Publications

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 16: Genetic Assignment of Marine-Caught Adult Salmon at Armadale to Region of Origin

Report describing genetic assignment techniques used in order to investigate the origins of salmon satellite-tagged at Armadale on the north coast of Scotland.

Type: Progress report
Date: 22 December 2015

Fishing Effort and Quantity and Value of Landings by ICES Rectangle - 2014

These datasets provide fishing effort and landings data (tonnage and value) by ICES rectangles (geographic areas).

Type: Statistics
Date: 16 December 2015

Promoting Best Practice for Inshore Fisheries: a consultation on measures to tackle gear conflict in Scottish inshore waters

Gear conflict is a longstanding and complex problem in Scottish inshore waters. A Marine Scotland consultation explored spatial separation (particularly in known hotspots), vessel location monitoring systems, websites to detail where static gear had been

Type: Consultation analysis
Date: 08 December 2015

Outer Hebrides Inshore Fisheries Group - Consultation on inshore fishing prohibitions in the Outer Hebrides

This consultation seeks views on changes to areas in the Outer Hebrides’ inshore waters where mobile and/or creel fishing is prohibited. These measures have been developed by the Outer Hebrides IFG in order to modernise the spatial management of the fi

Type: Consultation paper
Date: 04 December 2015

Guidance to skippers: demersal landing obligation

Guidance provided to demersal and nephrops skippers on the implementation of the demersal landing obligation in 2018.

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 01 December 2015

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 15: Spatial dynamics of scallops in relation to the Orkney dive fishery. Report of Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA) Project 03/12

This report details the results of studies which have been done under Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA) project 03/12 which quantify the rate of spatial turnover in a scallop population at a small spatial scale in Orkney, and understanding the exte

Type: Progress report
Date: 25 November 2015

Scottish inshore fisheries strategy 2015

Supporting the development of a more sustainable, profitable and well-managed inshore fisheries sector in Scotland.

Type: Strategy/plan
Date: 31 October 2015

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 13: A multidisciplinary approach to collection and use of VMS data from an inshore scallop fishery

Report of Fishing Industry Science Alliance (FISA) Project 04/12. The main aim of this work was to trial the use of Succorfish’s SC2 VMS tracking technology on vessels from the inshore scallop dredge fleet around Shetland and to evaluate its effectivene

Type: Progress report
Date: 30 October 2015

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 12: The demography of a phenotypically mixed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population as discerned for an eastern Scottish river

This report investigates the potential for assessment of fish populations at a sub-river scale. A sophisticated mathematical model was used to separate salmon from a single river (North Esk, eastern Scotland) into three sub-stocks, based on the number

Type: Progress report
Date: 29 October 2015

Consultation on new Management Measures on Crab and Lobster Landings into Orkney - Outcome Report

Outcome to Marine Scotland's 'Consultation on new Management Measures on Crab and Lobster Landings into Orkney' which took place in 2015.

Type: Consultation analysis
Date: 02 October 2015