Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
At NAFC Marine Centre UHI, applied research and development is conducted in collaboration with industry and other stakeholder partners. Such programmes provide answers to key questions, develop knowledge, technology or best practice to help drive the industries forward.
As part of our mission to support industry development and innovation in Shetland and wider Scotland, we offer a range of commercial services from consultancy to knowledge exchange/commercialisation of research outputs. Our current projects range across the following areas;
- Aquaculture Development
- Fisheries Science
- Marine Planning, Policy and Advice
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where NAFC Marine Centre is active. These topic labels come from the works of this organisation's members. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
fishery
Earth & Environmental Sciences
fisheries
Agriculture & Biology
Scotland
Agriculture & Biology
North Sea
Agriculture & Biology
Nephrops norvegicus
Agriculture & Biology
macroalgae
Agriculture & Biology
Lophius piscatorius
Agriculture & Biology
fishing
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Profiles
Chevonne Angus
- Aquaculture Research Network - Manager
- NAFC Marine Centre - Manager
Person: Academic Support
Projects 2006 2016
Using participatory GIS to record where people value and use around the Shetland Coastline
Slater, C.
5/01/15 → …
Project: Research
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Research Output 1984 2019
1
Citation
(Scopus)
62
Downloads
(Pure)
Predictable changes in fish school characteristics due to a tidal turbine support structure
Williamson, B., Fraser, S., Williamson, L., Nikora, V. & Scott, B., 1 Oct 2019, In : Renewable Energy. 141, p. 1092-1102 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Fish
Turbines
Animals
Turbomachine blades
Agglomeration
2
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(Pure)
Trial of a new escape panel concept to reduce cod catches in a mixed demersal fishery
Fraser, S. & Angus, C., May 2019, In : Fisheries Research. 213, p. 212-218 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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demersal fishery
cod (fish)
vessel
fisheries
fishing gear
2
Downloads
(Pure)
Coupling Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and hydraulic surveys to study the geometry and spatial distribution of aquatic macrophytes
Biggs, H. J., Nikora, V. I., Gibbins, C. N., Fraser, S., Green, D. R., Papadopoulos, K. & Hicks, D. M., 17 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Ecohydraulics. 3, 1, p. 45-58 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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macrophyte
spatial distribution
hydraulics
geometry
surveying
Datasets
Shetland Islands Marine Spatial Plan
Shucksmith, R. (Creator), UHI Research Repository, 1 Apr 2016
https://www.nafc.uhi.ac.uk/research/msp/simsp/simsp
Dataset
Prizes
Activities 2002 2019
Vessels, habitats, and aliens
Richard L. Shelmerdine (Speaker)9 Jul 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Innovators - Orkney's Art Graduates 2015 & 2016
Charlotte Slater (Participant)25 Feb 2017 → 17 Apr 2017
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
HopefulNESS 2017
Charlotte Slater (Speaker)6 Jun 2017 → 8 Jun 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press / Media
"A Sound Decision" Fish Farming Expert
Gregg Arthur & Daniel Cowing
7/03/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Trial could lead to Scotland’s first commercial shellfish hatchery
Daniel Cowing & Gregg Arthur
25/11/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
£1.9m plan for Scotland’s first shellfish hatchery
Daniel Cowing & Gregg Arthur
20/11/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
Fisheries closed areas for scallop dredging
Richard L. Shelmerdine (Participant), Beth Mouat (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts, Other Impacts
Shetland Islands' Marine Spatial Plan
Rachel Shucksmith (Participant), Charlotte Slater (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts, Cultural Impacts, Economic Impacts, Other Impacts, Quality of life Impacts, Social Impacts, REF case study development
Summary of vessel tracking technology options for inshore fisheries management
Richard L. Shelmerdine (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts, Economic Impacts, Other Impacts
Student theses
Increasing understanding of a data poor species to improve resource management: megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis in the northern North Sea
Author: Macdonald, P., Jul 2014Supervisor: Angus, C. (Supervisor) & Marshall, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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The fisheries biology of two scallop species, Pecten maximus (l.) and Aequipecten opercularis (l.), in the waters around Shetland, Scotland.
Author: Campbell, A., 11 May 2010Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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