Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme

What is it: 

The layers shows the locations of the marine animals that were reported to the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) for the period shown by the dates in the layer name. These often include cetaceans, seals, basking shark and marine turtles.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 4: Occasional Visitors
Data originators: 
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme Data
More Information: 

The principal aim of the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme is to provide a co-ordinated approach to surveillance of marine species (e.g. cetacean & seal) strandings and to investigate major causes of death of stranded marine mammals in Scotland. The Annual Reports can be found on their web site.

This work builds on the work undertaken in Scotland by the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP). Information about the CSIP, including access to stranding records, can be found on their web site.

This page was last modified on : 
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 17:15

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Marine strandings data - 2011 to 2020 (cetaceans, seals, sharks, turtles) (time-aware) 2011-01-01 to 2020-12-31 Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Web link Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme - Database www.strandings.org
Type Title External link
Web link Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) www.strandings.org
Web link UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) ukstrandings.org