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Morphology (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 Morphology.
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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Marine Scotland Offices and Locations |
Marine Scotland is a Directorate of the Scottish Government and is responsible for the integrated management of Scotland's seas. This dataset shows the location of Marine Scotland laboratories, field stations, fishery offices, and policy teams throughout Scotland. Also includes home ports for marine protection vessels (MPVs) and home base for Marine Scotland aircraft. Building polygons were also added to Open Street Map to be visible on the National Marine Plan Interactive (NMPi) basemap.
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Overall status (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 overall status.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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Macro-invertebrates (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 macroinvertebrates.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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SEPA Offices |
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency - location of SEPA offices throughout Scotland.
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Specific pollutants (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 specific pollutants.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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OSPAR - Sampling Regions for Monitoring Points |
The OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment for the North East Atlantic plays a major part in safeguarding and conserving the habitats and species of the marine environment.
The Scottish coastline was divided into 7 regions (the River and Island Purification Boards) at the time that the Scottish monitoring network was developed to report the amalgamated nutrient loads and inputs for the OSPAR-RID (Riverine Inputs and Direct Discharges) programme. This layer shows the sampling regions for monitoring points in Scotland.
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Local Coastal Partnerships (LCP) |
The Scottish Coastal Forum was formed in 1996 to encourage debate at national level on coastal issues. Its members advise Marine Scotland, from an operational perspective, on the development of policy relating to marine planning and licensing within a sustainable marine environment. The Forum also provides a network for circulating information and best practice in coastal management amongst its own varied membership and the wider Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) community.
Scotland has 7 Local Coastal Partnerships -
• Coast Hebrides
• East Grampian Partnership
• Firth of Clyde Forum
• Forth Estuary Forum
• Moray Firth Partnership
• Solway Firth Partnership
• Tay Estuary Forum
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Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (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 dissolved inorganic nitrogen.
Data provided by Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) (https://www.sepa.org.uk/)
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