UHI Shetland

Research output

Research output per year 1982 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 140 Article
• 73 Other report
• 29 Commissioned report
• 24 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 157 More
  • 19 Paper
  • 19 Other contribution
  • 18 Exhibition
  • 14 Conference contribution
  • 13 Chapter
  • 11 Poster
  • 11 Editorial
  • 8 Book
  • 6 Artefact
  • 5 Other chapter contribution
  • 5 Doctoral Thesis (not awarded by UHI)
  • 4 Review article
  • 4 Digital or Visual Products
  • 3 Abstract
  • 3 Conference article
  • 3 Working paper
  • 2 Scholarly edition
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Web publication/site
  • 2 Special issue
  • 1 Blog article
  • 1 Consultation Response
  • 1 Portfolio of outputs

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Call for Evidence for Scotland’s Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement (IFMI) Program

  Fox, C., Fernandes, P., Heath, M., Kaiser, M., Mendo, T., Sciberras, M., Diele, K., Frost, M., James, M. & Mouat, B., 3 Feb 2025, 14 p.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Shetland Islands Dominant Marine Biotope Map (2024 update)

  Riley, T. & Shucksmith, R., 21 Feb 2025, 12 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Biotope 100%
  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Shetland Marine Planning Partnership Response to the Scottish Government consultation on the National Marine Plan 2 Planning Position Statement

  Shucksmith, R., Giesler, R. & Pallant, S., 7 Feb 2025, (Unpublished) 26 p..

  Research output: Policy briefing or response › Consultation Response
• 2024

  Anunder

  Permar, R., 4 Nov 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

  Open Access

  • Contaminated Water 100%
  • Industrial Development 100%
  • State Constant 100%
  • Hydroelectric Energy 100%
  • Infrasound 100%

• Anunder

  Permar, R., 2024, Flow: Currents of Change in Our River Landscapes. Härkönen, E., Burnett, K., Lundstedt, L., Permar, R. & Gårdvik, M. (eds.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 14-15 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

  Open Access

  File

  • Lapland 100%
  • exhibition catalogue 100%
  • Beauty 100%
  • Current Flow 100%
  • Industrial Development 100%
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• A value tree approach to integrate policy and legislation into spatial decision support tools for siting offshore renewables

  Withouck, I., Tett, P., Doran, J., Mouat, B. & Shucksmith, R., 12 Mar 2024, Governing Oceans . Jones, C. (ed.). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 78-99

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Legislation 100%
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making 33%
  • Economics 16%
  • Accounting 16%
  • Utility 16%

• Barriers and opportunities for improved governance of fisheries within the context of marine spatial planning.

  Shucksmith, R. & Withouck, I., 12 Mar 2024, Governing Oceans: Policy Development, Implementation and Evaluation. Jones, C. (ed.). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 18-34

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Fishery 100%
  • Context 100%
  • Marine Spatial Planning 100%
  • Environmental Impact 40%
  • Conflict 40%

• Citizen-science monitoring of Harbour Porpoises in Shetland

  Allan, K., Giesler, R., Smith, S., Wilson, B., McWhinnie, L., Hall, K. & Shucksmith, R., 10 Jan 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  File

  • Coastal Region 100%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Diet of the European Shag Gulosus aristotelis during the non-breeding season at a roost within a tidal channel

  Isaksson, N., Fraser, S., Houghton, J. D. R., Williamson, B. J., Wilson, J. & Masden, E. A., 21 Feb 2024, In: Bird Study. 71, 1, p. 1-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Breeding Season 100%

• Distribution modelling of the benthic habitats within the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Area

  Riley, T., Shucksmith, R. & Mouat, B., 1 Apr 2024, UHI Shetland. 36 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • Biotope 100%
  • Marine Ecosystem 16%
  • Adaptive Management 16%
  • Ecotourism 16%
  62 Downloads (Pure)

• Distribution modelling of the Shetland Islands benthic habitats

  Riley, T., Shucksmith, R. & Mouat, B., Apr 2024, UHI Shetland. 91 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • Biotope 100%
  • Marine Environment 25%
  • Marine Management 25%
  • Sediments 25%
  • Bathymeter 12%
  159 Downloads (Pure)

• Fair Isle Benthic Survey 2024 – Cruise Report

  Riley, T., 12 Dec 2024, Shetland UHI. 10 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Marine Management 100%
  • Acoustic Survey 100%
  • Weather Condition 100%
  • Marine Protected Area 100%
  • Marine Conservation 100%
  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Flow: Currents of Change in our River Landscapes

  Härkönen, E. (Editor), Burnett, K. (Editor), Lundstedt, L., Permar, R. (Editor) & Gårdvik, M. (Editor), 5 Nov 2024, Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press. 116 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition

  Open Access

  • Lapland 100%
  • Arctic 100%
  • Scotland 100%
  • Collaborative 33%
  • Online 33%

• Gathering Community Voices: Initial Findings on Marine Restoration Challenges and Opportunities in Shetland

  Riley, T., Giesler, R., Allan, K. & Shucksmith, R., 18 Dec 2024, 14 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Environmental Industry 100%
  60 Downloads (Pure)

• Landscape in Pain: #1646

  Permar, R., 29 May 2024, New Genre Arctic Art and Art Education. Jokela, T. (ed.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 26-27 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Indigenous Peoples 100%
  • action film 100%
  • Political Issue 100%
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Mapping our Landscapes of Practice: Visualizing Situated Learning for Social Art Practitioners

  Carden, S., 15 Nov 2024, Mapping the new genre Arctic art education. Jokela, T., Manninen, A. & Berliner, P. (eds.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland, p. 142-146 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  File

  • Situated Learning 100%
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Narwhal, beluga and bowhead whale responses to marine vessel traffic: A systematic map

  Hague, E. L. & McWhinnie, L. H., 1 Sept 2024, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 255, 107251.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Beluga whale 100%
  • Narwhal 100%
  • Bowhead whale 100%
  • Fishing Vessel 100%
  • Mitigation Measure 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Not all maps are equal: Evaluating approaches for mapping vessel collision risk to large baleen whales

  Hague, E. L., Halliday, W. D., Dawson, J., Ferguson, S. H., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Serra Sogas, N., Gormley, K., Young, B. G. & McWhinnie, L. H., 16 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 61, 11, p. 2576-2593 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Marine Environment 100%
  • Data System 100%
  • System Identification 100%
  • Cetacea 100%
  • Marine Mammal 33%

• Not so silent spectators: How spectator vessels at international sailing regattas alter marine soundscapes

  Pine, M. K., Hague, E., Kebke, A., McWhinnie, L. & Findlay, C. R., 1 Apr 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 202, 116309.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Noise Pollution 100%

• RAF Saxa Vord (photograph 1): Inverbervie Radar Station (photograph 2)

  Permar, R. & Timmins, S., 18 Dec 2024, 2 p. Edinburgh

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • museum professionals 100%
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Real world data for real world problems: Importance of appropriate spatial resolution modelling to inform decision makers in marine management

  Riley, T. G., Mouat, B. & Shucksmith, R., 1 Dec 2024, In: Ecological Modelling. 498, 110864.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Marine Management 100%
  • Spatial Resolution 100%
  • Decision Making 75%
  • Scotland 12%
  • Marine Environment 12%

• Shetland Inshore Fish Survey (SIFS) 2024: summary of catch rates, size compositions, and spatial distributions of commercial demersal fish species

  Fraser, S., Thomason, L., McAllister, M. & Harlow, L., 30 Dec 2024, UHI Shetland. 34 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Population Structure 100%
  • Trachurus trachurus 50%
  • Arnoglossus laterna 50%
  • Arnoglossus imperialis 50%
  • Squid 50%
  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Shetland Shellfish Stock Assessments 2023: A report prepared for the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO)

  Harlow, L., Angus, C. & Mouat, B., 1 Aug 2024, (Unpublished) 66 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Virtual Population Analysis 100%

• Shetland Shellfish Stock Assessment Summaries 2023: A summary report prepared for the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO)

  Harlow, L., 30 Jan 2024, UHI Shetland. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • Scallop 100%
  • Whelk 50%
  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Survey report for the 2023 Fair Isle inshore fish survey

  Fraser, S., Ayres, S., McAllister, M., Thomason, L., Cubbon, K. & Angus, C., 5 Apr 2024, UHI Shetland. 41 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Survey 100%
  • Report 100%
  • Video 27%
  • Deployment 27%
  • Proving 18%
  127 Downloads (Pure)

• Swap Shots Mobile Film Exchange

  Permar, R., 5 Nov 2024, Mapping the New Genre Arctic Art Education. Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design, University of the Arctic.. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 138-141 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Art Education 100%
  • Visual Arts 25%
  • Research Project 25%
  • Lockdown 25%
  • Visual languages 14%
  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Thermo-catalytic reforming pyrolysis of ensiled Saccharina latissima dominated macroalgal pellets for bioenergy production

  Arthur, G., McEvoy, L., Inkster, R. & Rolin, C., 27 Aug 2024, In: Energy Conversion and Management. p. 1-9 9 p., 100692.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Catalytic Reforming 100%
  • Bioenergy 100%
  • Bio-Oil 66%
  • Bio-oil 66%
  • Biofouling 50%

• Towards Net Zero: The role of marine habitats

  Riley, T. & Shucksmith, R., 1 Jun 2024, 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Marine Management 100%
  • Net Zero 100%
  • Marine Habitat 100%
  • Carbon Sequestration 66%
  • Climate Change 33%
  134 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘Torn by the wind - questions around forest, loss and renewal’

  Permar, R., 4 Nov 2024, Nurture: Living in the landscape summer school and exhibition. Härkönen, E., Lundstedt, L., Kathryn, B., Gårdvik, M. & Permar, R. (eds.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 105-109 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access
• 2023

  APPLICABILITY OF THE SEMI-AUTOMATED PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION SOFTWARE EXTRACTCOMPARE FOR THE MONITORING OF THE HARBOUR SEALS IN IRELAND

  Steinmetz, K., Langley, I., Hague, E., Mirimin, L., Hernon, P., Cadhla, O. & Murphy, S., 2023, In: Biology and Environment. 123B, 2, p. 85-100 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ireland 100%
  • Subspecies 50%
  • Neck 40%

• Approaching single-species exclusion in mixed demersal trawl fisheries

  Palder, O. J., Feekings, J. P., Fraser, S. & Melli, V., 1 Aug 2023, In: Ocean & Coastal Management. 242, 106672.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bycatch Reduction Device 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Diet analysis and feeding ecology of the thornback ray (Raja clavata) around the Shetland Islands, Scotland

  McAllister, M. & Fraser, S., 10 Jan 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  File

  • Scotland 100%
  • Island 100%
  • Diet 100%
  • Feeding Ecology 100%
  • Islands 100%
  167 Downloads (Pure)

• Diving into a just transition: How are fisheries considered during the emergence of renewable energy production in Scottish waters?

  Withouck, I., Tett, P., Doran, J., Mouat, B. & Shucksmith, R., 1 Jul 2023, In: Energy Research and Social Science . 101, p. 103135 103135.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Production 100%
  • Justice 100%
  • Specific Industry 28%
  • Procedural Justice 14%
  • Project Planning Management 14%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• First port of call: a horizon scanning workshop for sustainable Arctic marine infrastructure

  Gormley, K., Hague, E., Andvik, C., DaCosta, V., Davies, A., Diz, D., Alexander, K. & McWhinnie, L., 14 May 2023, In: Polar Journal. 13, 1, p. 146-162 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Port 100%
  • Nongovernmental Organization 100%
  • Indigenous People 100%
  • Environmental Assessment 100%
  • Geography 50%

• Identification of herring in Shetland waters - Full Report

  Brigden, K., Farrell, E., Fraser, S., Ayres, S., Laurenson, K., Powell, A., Riley, D., Wood, C. & Angus, C., 2023, Shetland: UHI Shetland. 42 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Water 100%
  • Spawning 100%
  • Report 100%
  • Autumn 41%
  • Sample 35%
  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Islandness, nations and ‘peerie places': Shetland and Ireland as archipelagic neighbours

  Carden, S., 18 Sept 2023, (Submitted) In: Irish Journal of Anthropology . 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ireland 100%
  • Islands 100%
  • Nations 100%
  • UK 16%
  • Work 16%

• Lessons from a decade of surveillance in Shetland can improve future strategic monitoring

  Giesler, R. J. & Shucksmith, R., 16 May 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  • Monitoring 100%
  • Risk 40%
  • Islands 20%
  • Surveys 20%
  • Objectives 20%

• Nordic Connections: Prototype

  Permar, R., Timmins, S. & MacDonald, F., 28 Jan 2023, Relate North #10: Possible Futures. O'Grady, A. & Jokela, T. (eds.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 15 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Warning Systems 100%
  • Mixed Medium 50%
  • Quotations 50%

• Nurture: Living in the landscape summer school and exhibition,

  Permar, R. (Editor), Härkönen, E. (Editor), Lundstedt, L. (Editor), Burnett, K. (Editor) & Gårdvik, M. (Editor), 13 Nov 2023, Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press. 156 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition

  Open Access

  • Summer School 100%
  • Summer Exhibition 100%
  • artist's statement 66%
  • School of Visual Arts 33%

• Operational modelling to assess advective harmful algal bloom development and its potential to impact aquaculture

  Dees, P., Dale, A., Whyte, C., Mouat, B. & Davidson, K., 3 Nov 2023, In: Harmful Algae. 129, 102517.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Model 100%
  • Advection 100%
  • Harmful Algal Blooms 100%
  • Aquaculture Impact 100%
  • Aquaculture 100%

• Population ecology and juvenile density hotspots of thornback ray (Raja clavata) around the Shetland Islands, Scotland

  McAllister, M., Fraser, S. & Henry, L., 20 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Fish Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Scotland 100%
  • Island 100%
  • Area 100%
  • Habitat 100%
  • Population Ecology 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Poster: population ecology and juvenile density hotspots of thornback ray (Raja clavata) around the Shetland Islands, Scotland

  McAllister, M., Fraser, S. & Henry, L.-A., 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  File

  • Scotland 100%
  • Area 100%
  • Population Ecology 100%
  • Ray 100%
  • Raja clavata 100%
  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Predicting the export of retention-oriented larvae from their natal population using coastal features: a modelling study on the Pacific oyster

  Clavel-Henry, M., Dabrowski, T., Giesler, R., Crowe, T. & Yearsley, J., 7 Dec 2023, In: MEPS. 724, p. 81-95 14 p., 14456.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Investigation 100%
  • Mathematical Model 100%
  • Export 100%
  • Larva 100%
  • Rate 42%

• Scottish Pelagic Industry-Science Data Collection Programme Annual Report (Oct 2023): Herring – Mackerel – Blue whiting

  Brigden, K., Craig, J. & Mackinson, S., 1 Oct 2023, UHI Shetland. 24 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Annuals 100%
  • Herring 100%
  • Blue Whiting 100%
  • Mackerel 100%
  • Fishing Vessel 100%
  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Shetland Inshore Fish Survey (SIFS) 2023: summary of catch rates, size compositions, and spatial distributions of commercial demersal fish species

  Fraser, S., Angus, C., McAllister, M., Thomason, L., Ayres, S. & Harlow, L., 30 Nov 2023, 29 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  File

  • Age Class 100%
  171 Downloads (Pure)

• Shetland Shellfish Stock Assessment 2022: A report prepared for the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO)

  Harlow, L., Mouat, B. & Angus, C., 30 Jan 2023, (Unpublished) 64 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Institution 100%
  • Management 100%
  • Report 100%
  • Stock Assessment 100%
  • Organizations 100%

• Shetland Shellfish Stock Assessment Summaries 2022: A summary report prepared for the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO)

  Harlow, L., 1 Feb 2023, 18 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Successful trial of mist nets and whoosh nets to catch non-breeding European Shags Gulosus aristotelis at a daytime roost

  Lopez, S. L., Isaksson, N., Fraser, S. & Masden, E. A., 10 May 2023, In: Ringing & Migration. p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Trial 100%
  • Breeding 100%
  • Daytime 100%
  • Gulosus aristotelis 100%
  • Breeding Season 75%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Survey report for the first Fair Isle inshore fish survey

  Fraser, S., Ayres, S., Thomson, M., Powell, A. & Angus, C., 2023

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Survey 100%
  • Report 100%
  • Surveys 100%
  • Fish 100%
  • Species 85%
  183 Downloads (Pure)

• The Arctic Circle Assembly: navigating the Arctic

  Hague, E. & McWhinnie, L., 9 Oct 2023, In: Polar Journal. 13, 2, p. 369-371 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Boiling 100%
  • Travel Abroad 50%
  • Global Warming 50%
  • Heads of State 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)