Fisheries Research Services (FRS) was an

Executive Agency An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Nort ...

of the Scottish Government. FRS was responsible for scientific and technical research into the marine and freshwater

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

and

aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...

, and the protection of the aquatic

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. For these purposes, the agency had two fishery

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, allowing specialisation in both marine and freshwater fisheries. The FRS also maintained two research vessels. On 1 April 2009, Fisheries Research Services was merged with the

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency The Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) was an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. On 1 April 2009, the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency and Fisheries Research Services were merged with the Scottish Government Marine Direc ...

and the Scottish Government Marine Directorate to form

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, part of the core Scottish Government.Former FRS website
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Structure

The

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is based in Victoria Road, Aberdeen; and the freshwater laboratory is based in

Pitlochry Pitlochry (; gd, Baile Chloichridh or ) is a town in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. It is historically in the county of Perthshire, and has a population of 2,776, according to the 2011 census.Scotla ...

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...

. The Agency also maintained other temporary research sites throughout Scotland. The Agency also had two

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s, and . The Agency was directly funded by the Scottish Government, which made up around 60% of income. The other 40% was derived from research income for projects carried out in conjunction with other

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. The Agency also worked with private firms.

Notable Staff

Bennet Birnie Rae Bennet Birnie Rae FRSE (1906–1998) was a 20th century marine zoologist specialising in the diet of fish. Early life and career He was born in Aberdeenshire in 1906 into a family of six children, including William Lorimer Rae (1892–1970) ...

Sir Fred Holliday Sir Frederick George Thomas Holliday, (22 September 1935 – 5 September 2016) was a British marine biologist, academic, academic administrator, and businessman. He was Acting Principal of the University of Stirling from 1973 to 1975, Vice-Ch ...

References

External links

FRS Homepage
Defunct bodies of the Scottish government Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes Organisations based in Perth and Kinross Research institutes in Scotland Organisations based in Aberdeen Fishing in Scotland Government research Oceanographic organizations {{Scotland-gov-stub

Structure

Notable Staff

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