Pressure assessment: North East - Physical change | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

Region:

Pressure:

Physical change (to another seabed type)

Activities:

Extraction – Dredging (capital and maintenance)

Fishing - Scallop dredging (DRB)

Priority:

3

ecosystem_components:

Predicted extent of physical disturbance to seafloor

productive_components:

Waste disposal - dredge material

Fishing