Crab 2009-2013 amalgamated VMS intensity layer |
The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) provides information on the location and identity of all vessels greater than 15m in length. This layer shows the VMS data for all UK registered commercial fishing vessels (>15m length) fishing for crab species for the period 2009-2013. This provides an indication of the most intense areas for Crab in Scottish waters. The values contained within the layer should not be taken as an absolute representation of amount of fishing vessels in a given area. Rather, the VMS values are a product of the statistical model used.
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Demersal static 2009-2013 amalgamated VMS intensity layer |
The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) provides information on the location and identity of all vessels greater than 15m in length. This layer shows the VMS data for all UK registered commercial fishing vessels (>15m length) fishing using static gear for Demersal species for the period 2009-2013. This provides an indication of the most intense areas for Demersal in Scottish waters. The values contained within the layer should not be taken as an absolute representation of amount of fishing vessels in a given area. Rather, the VMS values are a product of the statistical model used.
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Pelagic - Herring 2009-2013 amalgamated VMS intensity layer |
The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) provides information on the location and identity of all vessels greater than 15m in length. This layer shows the VMS data for all UK registered commercial fishing vessels (>15m length) fishing for Herring species for the period 2009-2013. This provides an indication of the most intense areas for Herring in Scottish waters. The values contained within the layer should not be taken as an absolute representation of amount of fishing vessels in a given area. Rather, the VMS values are a product of the statistical model used.
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Nephrops mobile 2009-2013 amalgamated VMS intensity layer |
The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) provides information on the location and identity of all vessels greater than 15m in length. This layer shows the VMS data for all UK registered commercial fishing vessels (>15m length) fishing using mobile gear for Nephrop species for the period 2009-2013. This provides an indication of the most intense areas for Nephrops in Scottish waters. The values contained within the layer should not be taken as an absolute representation of amount of fishing vessels in a given area. Rather, the VMS values are a product of the statistical model used.
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Lobster 2009-2013 amalgamated VMS intensity layer |
The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) provides information on the location and identity of all vessels greater than 15m in length. This layer shows the VMS data for all UK registered commercial fishing vessels (>15m length) fishing for lobster species for the period 2009-2013. This provides an indication of the most intense areas for lobster in Scottish waters. The values contained within the layer should not be taken as an absolute representation of amount of fishing vessels in a given area. Rather, the VMS values are a product of the statistical model used.
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Limits and Boundaries - Shipping Forecast Areas |
Shipping Forecast Areas used by UK Meteorological Office (February 2002 to present). The Met Office initiates warnings and prepares routine forecasts based on these sea areas.
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Sea features and fishing ground names |
This layer displays the historical names of fishing grounds around Scotland, derived from Admiralty Chart Q6353 and MEDIN Gazetteer of Named Marine Areas v2.
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Assessment areas - Charting Progress 2 (CP2) Regions |
Charting Progress (CP) regions are the eight sea areas on which the assessment of the state of the seas was first reported in 'Charting Progress' in 2005, with CP2 following in 2010. The reports are published by the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment community which has over 40 member organisations and reports on the vision of clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas.
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Scottish Assessment areas - Scottish Sea Areas (clean and safe seas monitoring) |
The 15 sea areas are based on areas previously adopted for certain environmental monitoring programmes. The data from these 15 areas can be presented regionally and also reasonably aggregated to form a national picture and to develop information for the two main areas required for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive initial assessment: the Greater North Sea (Area II) and the Celtic Seas (Area III) which are existing sea areas used by OSPAR (the Oslo Paris Convention for the Protection of the North East Atlantic).
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Broad Habitat - Coastal Physiographic Features |
The Scottish coastline consists of a complex environment of marine inlets and linear coast formed by landform process, such as glaciations, over millions of years. This has led to a diverse range of coastline physiographic features which provide different types of habitats for a huge range of marine communities. The habitats of coastal physiographic features substantially differ in their environmental conditions from substrate type, temperature, salinity, and tidal range to wave exposure. These diverse conditions provide unique niches for an abundance of marine life.
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