Protected Sites - Designated haul-out sites for seals (Protection of seals orders)

Seal haul-out sites are designated under section 117 of Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Harassing a seal (intentionally or recklessly) at a haul-out site is an offence. “Haul-out site” means any place which the Scottish Ministers, after consulting the Natural Environment Research Council, by order designate as such for the purposes of this section.
 
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Marine Scotland (Scottish Government). Protected Sites - Designated haul-out sites for seals (Protection of seals orders). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1278

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Date ( Creation )
2014-06-23
Identifier
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1278

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Protected sites
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no limitations to public access
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The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) & Sea Mammal Research Unit licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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50  m
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
  • Oceans
Geographic identifier
SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2007-12-13

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EPSG / WGS84
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  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

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Marine Scotland information page on seal haulouts  
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protected_sites_seal_haul_outs  

protected_sites_seal_haul_outs

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protected_sites_seal_haul_outs  

protected_sites_seal_haul_outs

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protected_sites_seal_haul_outs  

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dataset Dataset
Statement
The 194 seal haul-out sites and grey seal breeding colonies were selected using a methodology developed by the NERC Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews (description of methodology can be found at http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/documents/1741.pdf ). Site selection was based on patterns of haul-out site usage by seals over recent years as recorded by SMRU during their aerial surveys.

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Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1278   XML
Metadata language
eng English
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2019-12-10
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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