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Marine Scotland Information (MSI) is a web portal that provides access to descriptions and information about the Scottish marine environment while providing links to datasets and map resources that are made available by Marine Scotland and Partners.

MSI is part of the Marine Scotland Open Network which also includes MS Maps NMPi (maps.marine.gov.scot), MS Data (data.marine.gov.scot) and MS Assessment (marine.gov.scot/sma/) the new home for Scotland’s Marine Assessments, including Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020. The MSODN is the marine part of the Scotland’s environment platform.

Content is grouped into various types, and you can use the next tabs to explore the content:

Information: Text and background, organised into themes that are aligned with the Scottish Government vision for managing Scotland's Seas.
Maps: Spatial data presented as interactive or downloadable map sources.
Data: Datasets, statistics, downloadable documents, and links to other websites.
Licensing: Access to documents associated with applications for Marine Licences.

This web portal brings together datasets and maps from across the MSODN as well as links to other sources to provide context and information.

You can of course search across all types of content.

Information on this site is organised by themes. You can select these themes to explore more information on available maps, data and topics.

Administrative	Assessments	Clean and Safe	Climate Change
Healthy and Biologically Diverse	Monitoring	National Marine Plan	Physical Characteristics
Productive	Projects	Regions

Maps are either interactive web maps available through National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi), or downloadable resources for further analysis in GIS tools. We have organised maps by the type of resource. A list of all maps available on NMPi can be seen in the NMPi section.

Embedded Web Maps	ESRI Layer Package	ESRI Map Package	Google Earth KMZ/KML
Map Services	NMPi	PDF Maps	Raster
Shapefile

Data sources are either downloadable files or links to more information on other websites. We include all datasets published on marinedata.scotland.gov.uk as well as numerous other links to partners, documents, and tables.

Code	Data Portals	Datasets	Documents
Galleries or Images	Reports	Scotland's Marine Atlas	Video
Web link

Marine Scotland Data	Marine Scotland Maps	Scotland's Environment	Scotland's Aquaculture
Scotland's Noise	Scotland's Soils	NBN Atlas Scotland	Air Quality in Scotland
Marine Scotland Assessment

COVID-19 UPDATE

Please note in relation to Covid - 19 update: Marine Scotland - Licensing Operations Team is working from home where possible. Our phone lines are therefore not currently being manned. Please communicate with LOT via email. Email addresses are MS.MarineRenewables@gov.scot for marine renewables correspondence or MS.MarineLicensing@gov.scot for all licensing queries.

Title	Last updated
Oil & Gas - Licensing blocks and rounds	1 month 3 weeks ago
Oil & Gas - Unsanctioned discoveries (not yet developed)	1 month 3 weeks ago
Oil & Gas - Offshore fields	1 month 3 weeks ago
Fisheries Sensitivity Maps	2 months 1 week ago
Carbon Capture and Storage - Crown Estate Scotland leases and saline aquifers	2 months 1 week ago
The St Magnus Bay Model	2 months 1 week ago
The wider domain Scottish Shelf Model	2 months 1 week ago
The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Model	2 months 1 week ago
The East Coast of Lewis and Harris Model	2 months 1 week ago
The Wider Loch Linnhe System Model	2 months 1 week ago

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