Military activities - Seabed surface activity | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

Military exercises undertaken that involve the use of the seabed e.g. Installation and operation of seabed mounted equipment, seabed sampling and degaussing.

Associated productive assessment:

Military activity

Associated pressures:

Death or injury by collision above water

Death or injury by collision below water

Introduction of light or shading

Introduction of other substances (solid, liquid or gas)

Introduction or spread of non-indigenous species and translocations (competition)

Physical change (to another seabed type)

Physical removal (extraction of substratum)

Reduction in availability or quality of prey

Siltation rate changes (heavy)

Siltation rate changes (light)

Sub-surface abrasion/penetration

Surface abrasion

Underwater noise

Visual disturbance (behaviour)

Water clarity changes