Fisheries Research Services (FRS) undertakes a wide range of monitoring covering many aspects of the Scottish marine ecosystem.

 

Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the FRS research vessels FRV Alba na Mara and FRV Scotia.

 

FRS also participates in the following national monitoring programmes, such as: 

• UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy(UKMMAS)

• UK Marine Environmental Change Network 

• UK Marine Environmental Data Network