Marine renewable energy installations harnessing energy from wind, wave and tidal
resources are likely to become a large part of the future energy mix worldwide. The potential …

Entanglement in marine debris has been internationally recognised as a potential threat to
marine species. Sightings records and a photo identification catalogue from a haul out site in …

Species distribution maps can provide important information to focus conservation efforts
and enable spatial management of human activities. Two sympatric marine predators, grey …

The temperate waters of the North-Eastern Atlantic have a long history of maritime resource
richness and, as a result, the European Union is endeavouring to maintain regional …

Chronic low-frequency anthropogenic sound, such as shipping noise, may be negatively
affecting marine life. The EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) includes a …

Grey (Halichoerus grypus) and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are sympatric seal species,
but they display distinct strategies of habitat use and connectivity between haulout sites. The …

Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) of the North-east Atlantic are protected at designated
European Marine Sites (Special Areas of Conservation, SACs) typically during their …

Shipping noise is a threat to marine wildlife. Grey seals are benthic foragers, and thus
experience acoustic noise throughout the water column, which makes them a good model …

Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT, Thunnus thynnus; Linneaus, 1758) is an ecologically important
apex-predator with high commercial value. They were once common off the coast of the …

For a previous Scottish Government funded project (MMSS/001/11), seal telemetry data
were combined with haul-out specific population data to generate usage maps for both grey …