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Annual Mean Surface Salinity (‰) - Climatology of the North-West European Continental Shelf for 1971–2000 |
This layer presents a 30-year (1971-2000) salinity climatology for surface regions of the NW European shelf seas, with a resolution of 1/6 longitude by 1/10 latitude. The data have been extracted from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) data centre and supplemented by additional records from the World Ocean Data Centre (WODC). From the original data, which are irregularly distributed in space and time, the mean monthly temperature and salinity are calculated, as well as the climatic mean annual cycle. The climatology presented here is an improvement upon all existing climatologies presented in the literature for the NW European shelf; covering a wider area on a finer scale and including the surface and near-bed distribution of both temperature and salinity. Comparison of our data with existing climatologies shows good agreement, with differences occurring where our climatology is an improvement. This climatology, which will prove to be valuable to many users in the marine community will be regularly updated and made available to all users via the ICES data centre.
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Bathing Waters (current) (SEPA WMS) |
This layer shows the extents of bathing waters defined by The Scottish Government and SEPA as required by The Revised Bathing Waters Directive (2006/7/EC. This sets standards for faecal indicator organisms in waters at designated bathing beaches. Bathing beaches are designated on the basis of their recreational use and hence risk to the public of exposure to faecal indicator organisms. (This layer is a Web Map Service created by SEPA) (This is the polygon version of the bathing waters.)
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Annual Mean Near-bed Salinity (‰) - Climatology of the North-West European Continental Shelf for 1971–2000 |
This layer presents a 30-year (1971-2000) salinity climatology for near-bed regions of the NW European shelf seas, with a resolution of 1/6 longitude by 1/10 latitude. The data have been extracted from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) data centre and supplemented by additional records from the World Ocean Data Centre (WODC). From the original data, which are irregularly distributed in space and time, the mean monthly temperature and salinity are calculated, as well as the climatic mean annual cycle. The climatology presented here is an improvement upon all existing climatologies presented in the literature for the NW European shelf; covering a wider area on a finer scale and including the surface and near-bed distribution of both temperature and salinity. Comparison of our data with existing climatologies shows good agreement, with differences occurring where our climatology is an improvement. This climatology, which will prove to be valuable to many users in the marine community will be regularly updated and made available to all users via the ICES data centre.
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Classified Shellfish Harvesting Areas - 2014 and 2017 |
Shellfish Harvesting Areas are reviewed annually and given a Classification by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland which run from April to March. This layer contains the location of shellfish harvesting areas for April 2014 - March 2015.
The data display as a point up to a map scale of 1:200,000 then become polygons.
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Shellfish Harvesting Areas - microbiology representative monitoring points (RMPs) - May 2014 |
This layer depicts the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) representative monitoring points for microbiology. Representative monitoring points (RMPs) show where samples are collected to measure for the presence of micro-biology contamination in Shellfish Harvesting Areas.The RMP is considered to be the point most likely to be representative or indicative of any E.coli contamination in the area.
Results of the weekly biotoxin monitoring programme and details of the Shellfish Harvesting Classification areas for Scotland can be found on the Shellfish Results page of the FSS web site (https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/)
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Achievement of the "Guideline" standard for faecal coliforms in shellfish flesh 2009 |
The Shellfish Waters Directive sets a guideline standard of < 300/100ml faecal coliforms in shellfish flesh in designated Shellfish Waters. The Directive specifies that samples are collected quarterly and that this value must not be exceeded in 75% of samples, for compliance. This layer shows status of achievement (pass/fail) of areas in meeting the 'guideline' for faecal coliforms in shellfish flesh.
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Specific pollutants (Transitional) |
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) established a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of rivers, lochs, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater across Europe in order to: prevent deterioration and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, including coastal waters (out to 3 nautical miles from the coast in Scotland) promote sustainable water use reduce pollution, and contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts. Scotland has 457 coastal water bodies and 57 transitional water bodies. Water Body Status is measured for a variety of parameters for both coastal and estuaries which are displayed as individual layers on NMPi. Waters are classified into High, Good, Moderate, Poor and Bad Status. 2015 was the target for all water bodies to reach good status.
This layer displays the water body status for transitional waters in terms of specific pollutants.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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Location and type of waste water treatment plants (2012) |
Waste water treatment is designed to process waste water whilst protecting the environment and maintaining public health. Outfalls to the marine environment fall into three categories:
- outfalls from waste water treatment (WWT) plants which process waste water from the mains sewerage system (this layer);
- industrial sites which take waste from manufacturing plants (see separate layer - Industrial (SPRI) marine discharges); and
- some private domestic sources (not on NMPi).
These categories of outfall also discharge to the riverine freshwater environment which eventually reach the sea.
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Macro-invertebrates (Coastal) |
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) established a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of rivers, lochs, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater across Europe in order to: prevent deterioration and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, including coastal waters (out to 3 nautical miles from the coast in Scotland) promote sustainable water use reduce pollution, and contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts. Scotland has 457 coastal water bodies and 57 transitional water bodies. Water Body Status is measured for a variety of parameters for both coastal and estuaries which are displayed as individual layers on NMPi. Waters are classified into High, Good, Moderate, Poor and Bad Status. 2015 was the target for all water bodies to reach good status.
This layer displays the water body status for coastal waters in terms of Macro-invertebrates.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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Morphology (Transitional) |
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) established a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of rivers, lochs, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater across Europe in order to: prevent deterioration and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, including coastal waters (out to 3 nautical miles from the coast in Scotland) promote sustainable water use reduce pollution, and contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts. Scotland has 457 coastal water bodies and 57 transitional water bodies. Water Body Status is measured for a variety of parameters for both coastal and estuaries which are displayed as individual layers on NMPi. Waters are classified into High, Good, Moderate, Poor and Bad Status. 2015 was the target for all water bodies to reach good status.
This layer displays the water body status for transitional waters in terms of morphology.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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