Scottish Marine Regions

What is it:

Layer shows boundaries of the 11 Scottish Marine Regions as set out in The Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015, which came in to force on 13 May 2015. This is a simplified version of the SMR boundaries, using planar rather than loxodromic connecting lines. For most purposes, this will suffice.

The boundaries identify the areas for preparing and adopting regional marine plans. Regional Marine Planning will be taken forward by Marine Planning Partnerships. The National Marine Plan and Marine Policy Statement will apply in areas where there is no regional marine plan yet in place.

Data originators:

Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)

This information page is part of the theme:

Limits and Boundaries

More Information:

The make-up of Marine Planning Partnerships (MPPs) will comprise marine stakeholders that reflect marine interests within the Scottish Marine Region.

This page was last modified on :

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 12:09

Map Type	Click title for metadata and licence information	Date of data	View Map
NMPi	Limits and Boundaries - Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015 (SMRs)	2018-07-20	Access this map on NMPi

Type	Link Title	External Link
Legislation, Web link	The Scottish Marine Regions Order 2015	www.legislation.gov.uk

Type	Title	External link
Web link	Marine Policy Statement	www.gov.scot
Web link	Scottish Marine Regional Boundaries	www.gov.scot
Web link	Marine Planning Partnerships (MPPs)	www.gov.scot
Web link	Marine Scotland - regional planning	www.gov.scot