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Crown copyright covers material created by civil servants, ministers and government departments and agencies. This includes legislation, government codes of practice, Ordnance Survey mapping, government reports, official press releases, government forms and many public records.
Crown copyright is legally defined under section 163 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as works made by officers or servants of the Crown in the course of their duties.
For more details on use of Crown copyright data below please visit the gov.scot website.
If no licence is stated, the data should be acknowledged with:
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| Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups Areas (RIFGs) |
Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGs) are bodies that aim to improve the management of Scotland's inshore fisheries (out to twelve nautical miles) and to give commercial inshore fishermen a strong voice in wider marine management developments. Originally six pilot IFGs were established in 2009 (covering the Outer Hebrides, the Clyde, the south east of Scotland, the north west, small isles and Mull, and Moray Firth) and each developed an inshore fisheries management plan for its area. This was followed in 2013 by six Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) covering all of the Scottish coast (except Shetland which has its own management arrangements). The West Coast and North & East Coast RIFGs were established in April 2016 and replace the four IFGs that formerly covered the Scottish mainland coast. This layer shows the RIFG network, which includes the West Coast, North & East Coast and Outer Hebrides RIFGs, along with the Orkney Management Group and Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation. In 2020, the scope of RIFGs was extended to the 12NM limit as part of the Future Fisheries Management (FFM) policy. |
| Prospective sand and gravel resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the prospective sand and gravel resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Metallic mineral resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the metallic mineral resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Historic Aggregate Areas (Forth and Tay) |
Historic Aggregate Areas layer shows two areas (in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay) that have been dredged for aggregate previously but are not currently licensed. |
| Coal resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the coal resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey.
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| Areas of sand suitable for fill or land reclamation applications where mud content is greater than 10% (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the Fill areas where the mud content of the sand is <10% around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Sand gravel resources |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the sand and gravel resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Evaporite resources (hidden below 1:500,000) |
On behalf of the Crown Estate, the British Geological Survey mapped the marine aggregate and mineral resources around Scotland. The data has been inferred from geological data, review of relevant literature and interpretation of boreholes. The marine aggregate resources include:
The mineral resources include:
Each of the 6 resources can be viewed as an NMPI layer. This layer displays the evaporite resources around Scotland as mapped, on behalf of the Crown Estate, by the British Geological Survey. |
| Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area |
The Crown Estate has awarded 11 lease agreements to marine energy developers in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. This is the world's first commercial leasing round for wave and tidal renewable energy generation. 11 agreements were signed for six wave and five tidal projects with a potential capacity to generate 1.6 GW of marine energy, sufficient capacity to power over one fifth of Scottish households. The capital investment required within the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters is estimated to be between £2-3 billion between 2010 and 2020. The Crown Estate has also estimated that this could build up to £300 million per annum of operation and maintenance service requirements by 2020. The award of leases was an important milestone for the global sector and shows Scotland's position at the forefront of marine energy development. The Pentland Firth and Orkney waters projects will be an important contribution to UK and European renewable energy targets. Scottish Ministers are responsible for licensing and consenting the projects, utilising the new streamlined marine planning and consenting regime in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. |
| Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) - Tidal Draft Plan Options (2013) |
This dataset shows suitable areas for offshore renewable energy source in the form of tidal, wave and wind power around Scotland. This layer shows suitable areas for tidal power around Scotland.
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