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| Title | Copyright or Terms of Use |
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| Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) - Wave 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 wave power around Scotland.
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| Oil and Gas - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) areas (BGS WMS) |
The UK continental shelf is subdivided into eight areas for the purposes of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). SEA is the process of appraisal through which environmental protection and sustainable development may be considered, and factored into national and local decisions regarding Government (and other) plans and programmes – such as oil and gas licensing rounds and other offshore energy developments, including renewables and gas and carbon dioxide storage. |
| Oil and Gas - North Sea Interactive (NSI) biological and chemical environmental survey availability for oil and gas licence blocks |
This layer is a simplified representation of the data available through the North Sea Interactive (NSI) project carried out by Heriot Watt University, BGS and National Oceanography Centre. It combines information from the NSI product and the oil and gas licensed areas layers to highlight what type of sampling has been conducted in each area as part of the offshore environmental surveys carried out by oil and gas operators. |
| Oil and Gas - Coastal Installations |
This dataset contains information on coastal facilities utilised by the hydrocarbons industry. The locations of refineries, terminals (pipelines) and decommissioning yards as well as their names are recorded. |
| Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRA) |
This layer shows Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRAs). MEHRAs are "... to inform [ships'] Masters of areas where there is a real prospect of a problem arising. This prime purpose stands alone and regardless of any consequential defensive measures", and resulted from the Safer Ships, Cleaner Sea recommendations of the Donaldson inquiry. The areas are noted in Notice to Mariners (NtM) 26 and the 2006 Report "Establishment of Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRAs) - Protection of United Kingdom Waters from Pollution from Ships". |
| Ports and Harbours - Statutory harbour limits |
Indicative polygons showing the statutory limits of harbour authorities around Scotland, including competent harbour authorities with responsibilities under the Pilotage Act 1987. The dataset generally uses S57 attributes for fieldnames, see http://www.s-57.com/ for more details. The dataset is derived from a number of sources (listed in attributes) and likely to be incomplete. The boundary polygons are intended for illustrative purposes and are not legally definitive. |
| IMO - MARPOL Special Areas and Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) (1:1M) |
This layer shows the IMO marine pollution prevention measures under International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) including special areas and particularly sensitive sea areas (PSSA). |
| Locations of ship-to-ship oil transfer operations |
A point shapefile depicting locations of ship-to-ship hydrocarbon cargo transfers at Nigg (Cromarty Firth), Scapa Flow (Orkney) and Sullom Voe (Shetland) authorised by Shetland Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council and Cromarty Firth Port Authority. |
| IMO - Traffic Routing Schemes |
Traffic separation schemes and other ship routing systems have now been established in most of the major congested, shipping areas of the world, and the number of collisions and groundings has often been dramatically reduced. The IMO's responsibility for ships' routing is enshrined in SOLAS Chapter V, which recognizes the Organization as the only international body for establishing such systems. This layer shows IMO traffic routing measures in Scottish waters including Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS), recommended routes, deep water routes, area(s) to be avoided (ATBA) and precautionary area. This layer was created from IMO documentation (sources named in layer). |
| Shipbuilding and repair yards |
This dataset contains the locations of ship, boat and offshore construction yards. |
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