Seal Conservation Areas - Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina)

In response to local declines in common 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 common seals. In September 2004, the Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2004 to cover common and grey seals in the Moray Firth, and in March 2007, the Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2007 to cover common seals only in the Northern Isles and Firth of Tay.

The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces provisions for existing orders to continue, and for new ones to be introduced administratively as Seal Conservation Areas. The repeal of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 on 31st January 2011 means that the existing orders will cease if not replaced by Seal Conservation Areas. The Scottish Government intends therefore to continue these existing orders in the form of Seal Conservation Areas from 1 February 2010.

 
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Marine Scotland (Scottish Government). Seal Conservation Areas - Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093

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Date ( Creation )
2010-02-01
Identifier
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093

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Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units , Protected sites
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use limitation
The following attribution statement must be used: Contains Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Distance
100  m
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Geographic identifier
SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS84
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  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas  

area_management_seal_conservation_areas

OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas  

area_management_seal_conservation_areas

OnLine resource
area_management_seal_conservation_areas  

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dataset Dataset
Statement
Areas of seal conservation established under the Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2007 were digitized by Marine Scotland for use in the 2011 Marine Atlas.

Metadata

File identifier
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-06-22
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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