Scottish Marine

Institute

Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

The Scottish Association for The Scottish Association for

Marine Science (SAMS)Marine Science (SAMS)

Dr Anuschka Miller

Head of Communications

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

Our mission: Our mission:

Science for sustainable seasScience for sustainable seas

All SAMS activities aim to….

improve understanding and stewardship of the

marine environment through research, education,

business services and public engagement.

Research Education OutreachServices

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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SAMS SAMS –– organisational informationorganisational information

• Independent charity

• Company limited by guarantee

• Learned society with international membership

• Governed by SAMS Council elected by members

• President: Professor Andrew Hamnett

• Director: Professor Laurence Mee

• Employees ~ 150

• Annual income ~ £10 M

• SAMS Research Services Ltd

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

SAMS historySAMS history

Founded in 1884 by the

great Sir John Murray in

Granton, Edinburgh

1884 – 1969

based in Millport,

Great Cumbrae

Since 1970 at Dunstaff-

nage with major new

buildings 2004 & 2010

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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Institutional partnershipsInstitutional partnerships

Collaborative centre of the UK Natural

Environment Research Council,

employing currently 16 staff at SAMS

Scottish pooling initiatives:

Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland

Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society

Founding partner of the new University

of the Highlands and Islands – a

partnership of independent colleges

Close relationship with HIE, especially

regarding the European Centre for

Marine Biotechnology and the

European Marine Science Park

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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• pole to tropics to pole

• intertidal to ocean trenches

• in all world oceans

• from molecular to ocean basin scale

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

SAMS researchSAMS research

Multidisciplinary marine science expertise Multidisciplinary marine science expertise

ECOLOGY

PHYSICS, SEA ICE

& TECHNOLOGY

MICROBIAL &

MOLECULAR BIOL

§Dynamic Oceans

§Marine renewables

BIOGEOCHEM &

EARTH SCIENCES

Relevant & innovative research themes for sustainable seas Relevant & innovative research themes for sustainable seas

§People and the Sea

§Arctic Seas

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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Dynamic oceans researchDynamic oceans research

This includes research into

•Climate gases and the sea

•Carbon cycling

•Ocean acidification

•Carbon capture and storage

•Ocean mixing and currents

•Sea ice dynamics

•Biodiversity / habitat changes

•Seabed mapping

Locally based projects:

•Firth of Lorne mapping project

•Great Race, Gulf of Corryvreckan

•Carbon storage impacts

•Ellet line / Tiree monitoring

•Mingulay coral acidification

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

Marine renewable energy researchMarine renewable energy research

Marine biofuelsMarine biofuels

•from micro-algae

•from seaweed

Environmental interactionsEnvironmental interactions

•collision risks; biofouling

•marine invasives & structures

Local aspectsLocal aspects

Seaweed cultivation sites

Lab experiments

Local aspectsLocal aspects

Most research on west coast and

In Pentland Firth / Orkney

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

People and the Sea researchPeople and the Sea research

• Marine governance

• Marine management using ecosystem approach

• Marine spatial planning - local

• Impacts of aquaculture - local (e.g. carrying capacity)

• Aquaculture research - local (mostly echinoculture)

• Fisheries

• Marine Biotechnology

• Mining impacts

• Invasive species research – marina surveys

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

Arctic Seas researchArctic Seas research

• Sea ice research

• Marine technology development

• Regime shift in microcosm

• Arctic governance

• Biodiversity

• Water mixing and currents

• Maintenance of observatory

• Palaeoceanography

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

SAMS educationSAMS education

§ BSc (Hons) Marine Science / with Arctic Studies

§ MRes Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Systems (2011)

§ MSc Marine Spatial Planning (from 2012)

§ PhD programmes across research expertise

§ Short courses for professionals (CPD)

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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…business incubator opened 2005 developed with funding

support from the European Regional Development Fund and

HIE.

… fully occupied

Tenants:

•Aquapharm Bio-Discovery

•Glycomar

•Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa

Next stage:

European Marine Science Park – towards a marine technopole

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

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Outstanding infrastructureOutstanding infrastructure

RESEARCH VESSELS RESEARCH

AQUARIUM

CONFERENCE

FACILITY

CULTURE COLLECTION

OF ALGAE & PROTOZOA

NATIONAL FACILITY

FOR SCIENTIFIC DIVING

SCIENTIFIC DIVING

ARTIFICIAL REEFCENTRE FOR INDUS-

TRIAL OCEAN IMPACTS

CENTRE FOR SMART

OBSERVATIONS

COMING SOON:

SCOTTISH OCEAN

EXPLORER CENTRE

MOTIVATED STAFFMARINE BIOENERGY

SCOTLAND

Scottish Marine

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Oban, Argyll,

Scotland

PA37 1QA

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