Data related to marine planning activities or providing data and information to assist planning processes.
Collision Risk Models (CRM) are used to assess impacts on seabird populations in all offshore wind farms Environmental Impact Assessments (‘EIA‘) and Habitats Regulations Appraisals (‘HRA‘) in the UK. Existing collision models are unable to...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 9 No 7 1. Waterbirds are subject to a range of pressures on their wintering grounds, with disturbance and pollution being potentially the most significant. In the British Isles, significant populations of...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 9 No 2 Marine spatial planning (MSP) is an emerging field of management aimed at promoting the sustainable use of the marine environment. In order to further the progression of MSP, a European Union...
The Scottish Government has prepared Regional Locational Guidance to facilitate the development of offshore wave energy Scottish Waters. The Guidance gives consideration to detailed environmental, technical and socio-economic and planning issues...
The Scottish Government has prepared Regional Locational Guidance to facilitate the development of offshore tidal energy Scottish Waters. The Guidance gives consideration to detailed environmental, technical and socio-economic and planning issues...
The Scottish Government has prepared Regional Locational Guidance (RLG) to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy Scottish Waters. The Guidance gives consideration to detailed environmental, technical and socio-economic and planning...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 7 Marine Scotland has led the development of a hydrodynamic model (FVCOM) for the Scottish continental shelf waters called the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM). A series of six reports have been produced...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 23 This report describes a research project, the aim of which was to review the use of Population Viability Analysis (PVA) metrics in the context of assessing the effect of offshore renewable...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 25 For a previous Scottish Government funded project (MMSS/001/11), seal telemetry data were combined with haul-out specific population data to generate usage maps for both grey and harbour seals...
These maps are an update of the previous seal usage maps described in Jones et al. (2015). There are three key updates: (1) The telemetry data have been updated and now include data from 1991 - 2016 (inclusive) resulting in a marked increase (...