Projects

The department's research focus is to assist the local fisheries industries by undertaking research that is directly applicable to current needs. Details of some of the current and past projects can be seen below.

Current Projects

• Megrim project - SISP.  Dr Chevonne Laurenson and Paul Macdonald
• North Sea Stock Survey. Dr. Chevonne Laurenson
• Monkfish Programme. Dr. Chevonne Laurenson
• Shellfish Stock Assessment Programme. Dr. Beth Leslie
• Native Oyster Habitat Identification - SNH.  Dr Richard Shelmerdine and Dr Beth Leslie
• Velvet Crab Biology and Real Time Management - DEFRA.  Dr Beth Leslie
• Brown Crab Tagging - CED and SSMO.  Dr Beth Leslie
• Review of the Shetland Regulating Order - NAFC.  Dr Beth Leslie

Previous Projects

• Pelagic Gear Selectivity Trials - SISP.  Dr Chevonne Laurenson and Paul Macdonald
• Mussel Spat Settlement - Seafood Shetland and Shetland Development Trust.  Dr Richard Shelmerdine
• Scallop Survey - NAFC.  Dr Beth Leslie
• Size variation in the common whelk - Nuffield Foundation.  Dr Richard Shelmerdine
• Lobster restocking - SSMO.  Dr Beth Leslie
• Lobster v-notching - SSMO.  Dr Beth Leslie
• Scallop fishing in the Firth of Lorn SAC - A review of the scientific literature - SNH.  Dr Beth Leslie and Dr Richard Shelmerdine
• Sea urchin growth rate trials. Sathappan Saravanan 
• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Crown Estate Project. Hanne Irvine
• Fish Jigging Trials. Dr Sue Marrs / Paul MacDonald
• Speciality antimicrobialpolymeric materials (SPAN) in the aquaculture industry. Dr Lesley McEvoy
• Confirmation of the origin of farmed and wild salmon and other fish. EU FIFG project. Dr Lesley McEvoy
• Cod rearing and feeding trials
• Juvenile lobster rearing and feeding trials
• Optimal cod juvenile on-growing size. CPB Project. Justin Watson
• EUROpean GELatinous zooplankton: (Mechanisms behind jellyfish blooms) EU Project. Dr Lesley McEvoy

Research degree Projects

• Aspects of the Biology and Fishery for Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758) in Waters Around the Shetland Isles, Northeastern Atlantic. Dr Chevonne Laurenson
• The Biology and Exploitation of Three Crab Species in the Shetland Islands Scotland Cancer Pagurus Necora Puber and Carcinus Maenas Dr Shelly Tallack

MSc Student Projects

Previous MSc Student Project Titles (available from library)

2003

• Improvement of Artemia Nauplii enrichment efficiency with particular reference to enrichment time and temperature emulsion blending procedure and stability and subsequent artemia size lipid content and fatty acid profiles - Matthew Wright
• Comparison of growth and survival rates of diploid and triploid bay scallop (Argopecten Irradians) larve induced with 6-dimethylaminopurine chemical treatment - Blake Barton 

2002

• Study of factors related to the virulence of Moritella Viscose - David Brown
• The effects of feeding frequency on intra - population size variation of atlantic cod (Gadus Morhua L) larvae reared in commercial culture systems - Luke Harman 
• Investigation into the biocidal properties of vetrozyl™ with particular reference to listeria and the salmon processing industry - Justin Watson
• Antifouling characteristics of synthetic oligomers and copolymers in polyethylene a preliminary investigation - Inga Williamson