Crown
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:
© Crown Copyright, All rights reserved.
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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