Aquaculture Locational Guidance: A collection of spatial data resources to assist planning and siting of aquaculture developments

Project Dates: 
October, 2015
Project Summary: 

This page will be used to share outputs from work to try to define the most suitable areas for the expansion of fish and shellfish farming in Scottish waters.

Many existing spatial data present on Marine Scotland’s information portals are relevant to the planning, licensing and siting of aquaculture facilities and are presented here. In addition, a number of new spatial data resources of potential use for aquaculture siting have been generated as part of a collaborative project together with the then Crown Estate and are presented here.

Work to combine these layers (weighted according to their level of interaction with potential aquaculture facilities) will be presented here as the results become available from the project.

 

This page is part of: 
Aquaculture
Ongoing Projects

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Marine Scotland Maps Anchor berths and anchorage areas 2022-12-05 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Annual Mean Significant Wave Height (m) 2014-05-22 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Annual Mean Wave Power - Full Wave Field (kW/m) 2014-05-22 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Aquaculture - Guidance on the location of marine fish farms - April 2022 2022-04-01 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Bathing Waters (current) (SEPA WMS) Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Defence (Military) - Historic munitions disposal sites 2015-01-06 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Defence (Military) - Military exercise areas and danger areas (PEXAs) 2019-10-21 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Designated haul-out sites for seals (Protection of Seals Orders) 2019-12-10 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Dredge Spoil Deposit Sites - Open 2022-12-05 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Historic Marine Protected Areas (HMPAs) - protected wrecks contributing to the MPA network (HES WMS) (OSCP) Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps IMO - Traffic Routing Schemes 2014-10-14 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Lighthouses 2020-01-27 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Mean Spring Tidal Range (m) 2014-05-21 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps National Scenic Areas (WMS) Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Oil and Gas - Hydrocarbon Pipelines (NSTA and OceanWise) 2019-01-17 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Ports and Harbours - Statutory harbour limits 2021-10-19 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Regulating and Several Orders for shellfish 2019-08-18 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Scottish Ferry Routes (Indicative courses) (WMS) 2016-08-23 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Sites and vessels designated under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 ("war graves") - protected wrecks 2023-03-13 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) - all sites including terrestrial (SNH WMS) (OSCP) Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Subsea Power Cables (KIS-ORCA) (hidden when zoomed in past 1:25,000) 2021-05-19 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Subsea Telecommunication Cables (KIS-ORCA) (hidden when zoomed in past 1:25,000) - May 2021 2021-05-19 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Tidal Lease Sites - Crown Estate Scotland 2023-02-27 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Wave Lease Sites - Crown Estate Scotland 2023-02-27 Access this map on NMPi
Marine Scotland Maps Wind Lease Sites - Crown Estate Scotland 2023-02-27 Access this map on NMPi

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