Salmon and Sea Trout - Salmon Fishery Statistical Regions

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Salmon Fishery Statistical Region boundaries, used by Scottish Government Marine Scotland for reporting annual statistics obtained from salmon catch returns made by the owners/occupiers/agents of salmon fisheries. (Salmon Fishery Statistical Districts amalgamated into Regions.)  Salmon Fishery Statistical Region boundaries were derived by Scottish Government Marine Scotland from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Catchment boundaries, Institute of Hydrology 1:50,000 DTM data and the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868, with some input from District Salmon Fishery Boards.

* Please Note * This layer was derived by the Scottish Government from a licensed dataset. It is not downloadable or routinely available.

The data can be shared on request if a user provides evidence that they hold a licence from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) for the 1:50,000 Digital Terrain Model (DTM).

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GIS Data Type: 
Polygon
Web Service Information: 
Base WMS Address: http://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/ows/nmp?
Layer name:nmp:Salmon_Statistical_Regions
Does this layer display time aware features: 
No
Time aware features: 
Layer does not contain time values
Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Productive
Page: 
151
Data Provider: 
Scottish Government (Marine Directorate)
Copyright: 
Crown
Usage Licence: 
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) licence 100017572
Usage limitations: 
Maps containing the salmon fishery statistical district boundaries require acknowledgement of SEPA and CEH: 'District boundaries derived from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) river catchment data'; 'Based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © NERC (CEH)' (preceded if appropriate by 'Some features of this map are'); and 'Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year]'.
Date of data: 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Date uploaded or last updated: 
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

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