Area Management - Seal Licensing - Seal Conservation Areas

In response to local declines in seal numbers, the Scottish Government introduced conservation orders under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 to provide additional protection on a precautionary basis for vulnerable local populations of seals.


The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces provisions for existing orders to continue, and for new ones to be introduced administratively as Seal Conservation Areas.

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Date ()
2022-12-06
Identifier

Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093
 

Scottish Government

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Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

 ,

Edinburgh

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EH6 6QQ

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United Kingdom
+44 (0)300 244 4000
 

Scottish Government

 -

Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

 ,

Edinburgh

 ,

EH6 6QQ

 ,

United Kingdom
+44 (0)300 244 4000
 

Scottish Government

 -

Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

 ,

Edinburgh

 ,

EH6 6QQ

 ,

United Kingdom
+44 (0)300 244 4000
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

  • Protected sites
Access constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Open Government Licence
Use constraints

The following attribution statement must be used: Contains Scottish Government information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Distance
100  m
Metadata language
eng (en)
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Geographic identifier

SCT

Date ()
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier

EPSG

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WGS84
Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    1.0

     )

OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas (

OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map

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OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas (

OGC:WFS

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OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas (

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

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Download data as zipped shapefile on WGS84 datum

Scope
dataset
Statement

The seal conservation areas were digitised from the original Conservation of Seals Orders or provided by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU). Data confirmed as of 06/12/2022.

Metadata

File identifier
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093
Metadata language
eng (en)
Resource Type
dataset
Date stamp
2023-09-12
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.2
 

Scottish Government

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Marine Directorate
+44 (0)300 244 4000
 
 

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