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Name
Marine Scotland Science, Freshwater Laboratory
Address
Faskally
Zipcode
PH16 5LB
City
Pitlochry
State
Perth and Kinross
Country
United Kingdom
Phone
01224 876544
Fax
01796 473523
Centre Website
https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/science/Research/

organisation profile

The research undertaken by Marine Scotland Science (MSS) involves time-limited projects that are required to meet an agreed schedule of milestones and targets consistent with Marine Scotland's aims. Our research goals are:
  • Understanding the functioning of aquatic ecosystems
  • Understanding and quantifying human effects on aquatic ecosystems, particularly on living resources and the aquatic environment
  • Evaluating options for sustainable fishing and aquaculture

The main Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory is in Pitlochry with additional manned outstations in Montrose (Angus) and Shieldaig (Wester Ross), with fish traps on upper Deeside.

Current priority areas for research to underpin development of policy include:

  • Interactions between marine renewable energy and migratory fishes
  • Interactions between coastal aquaculture and wild salmon and sea trout
  • Effects of change in thermal environment on salmonids and development of mitigation options
  • Protecting and enhancing spring salmon
  • Deriving conservation limits for salmon populations

 

 

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
4335
Collating centre
British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)
Latest update
9 July 2015 11:30:27 PM