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


Acknowledgements

Grateful thanks are due to the skipper, Emlyn Grieve, and crew of FV Three Boys for undertaking the tagging and depletion fishing experiments at the Wyre site. Thanks also to Neil Matheson, skipper of FV Girl Kilda, and Magnus Spence, skipper of FV Sheila C, for undertaking tagging and depletion fishing at Scapa Bay and Fara respectively, with apologies. We are also grateful to Helen Dobby at Marine Scotland Science for facilitating the project and for comments on an earlier version of this report.

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