Follow the journey of HMS Challenger
Follow the journey of HMS Challenger

Use this interactive tool to explore the species Challenger found and historical ocean temperatures (1872-76)
Making aquaculture more sustainable
Making aquaculture more sustainable

Policy and regulation recommendations from the IMPAQT project
#WhaleTalk 2023
#WhaleTalk 2023

The #WhaleTalk campaign aims to highlight the research expertise in marine mammal research at SAMS. Find out more....

Latest news

SAMS Director Prof Nick Owens welcomes to SAMS (clockwise, from left) Prof Colin Campbell, chief executive at the James Hutton Institute; John Lamont MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Scotland; and a delegation from

Tue, Aug 8, '23

SAMS welcomes host of summer visits

Representatives of UK and Scottish governments among visitors

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IDCORE students are geared up for their public survey work in Oban's Station Square with lecturer Dr Suzi Billing, left.

Tue, Aug 8, '23

IDCORE students gauge public opinion on renewables

Engineering students forced to change gear at SAMS training

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Postgraduate students at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have rated their study experience as the best in Scotland in a UK-wide survey for the second year in a row.

Fri, Aug 4, '23

UHI postgraduate experience best in Scotland

UHI second in Scotland for consecutive years and third in UK

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SAMS scientists use glider to measure temperature and other oceanographic properties in the deep ocean.

Mon, Jul 10, '23

'Extraordinary' temperatures spark heatwave investigation

A SAMS robotic glider helps scientists track record marine heatwave

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Latest papers

The Progressive Management Pathway for Aquaculture Biosecurity - Guidelines for application
Authors:

FAO (Co-author E Cottier-Cook)

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 689
08, 4, 2023
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Subglacial-Discharge Plumes Drive Widespread Subsurface Warming in Northwest Greenland's Fjords
Authors:

Cowton TR, Slater DA, Inall ME

Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (15)
07, 29, 2023
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A review of new and existing non-extractive techniques for monitoring marine protected areas
Authors:

McGeady R, Runya RM, Dooley JSG, Howe JA, Fox CJ et al

Frontiers in Marine Science
07, 19, 2023
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A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status.
Authors:

Roberts JM, Devey CW..... Sweetman A, Unger S, Boteler B & Hensry L-A

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 4
01, 19, 2023
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