SAMS Impact Report 2024
SAMS Impact Report 2024

Read the highlights from an eventful 2024.
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation

Read our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on extending marine planning zones to 12 nm from the coastal baseline.

EIT Food course INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture
EIT Food course INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture

Interested in setting up a business in the Seaweed, Microalgae and the Aquaculture sector? 13 Oct to 11 Nov 2025 in Oban.

Latest news

Shenley Lloyd scooping up whale poop in The Minch. Image: Steve Truluck

Wed, Jul 23, '25

Community scooping whale poop to study the diet of whales in Scotland

Community collects whale pooh for new research project

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Drone operator Richard Dale prepares for a flight

Tue, Jul 22, '25

UK can become leader in environmental monitoring

New course will provide training in robotics capability

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The free app is helping to build a better picture of how critically endangered flapper skates are faring around Scotland’s coasts

Tue, Jul 8, '25

New app will aid flapper skate conservation

Anglers asked to help collect data on critically endangered ocean giant

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Tim Awbery has been chosen as both the SAMS and UHI student of the year

Mon, Jun 30, '25

Conservation star named student of the year

Tim Awbery praised for work on minke whales

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Latest papers

From science to policy: evolving marine biodiversity targets
Authors:

Dajka JC, Eilrich AK, Franke A, Halpern BS, Snow B, Lombard AT, Jacob U, Laakmann S, Luhede A, Hillebrand H

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
08, 11, 2025
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Harnessing citizen science for marine conservation in Malta: a comparative analysis of GAM and MaxEnt models in bottlenose dolphin habitat mapping
Authors:

Soster F, Awbery T, Vérité-Taulet N, Zammit T, Terribile K

PeerJ 13
08, 5, 2025
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Common bottlenose dolphin habitat suitability in Malta's coastal waters as a human-altered environment
Authors:

Soster F, Galdiers C, Awbery T, Gauci A, Metzger B, Barbara N, Díaz López B

Marine Environmental Research 211
08, 5, 2025
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Seasonality of meridional overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic: density flux as a metric for understanding the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
Authors:

Fox AD, Fraser NJ, and Cunningham SA

Ocean Sci. 21
08, 11, 2025
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