Identification

Title

Area Management - Seal Licensing - Seal Conservation Areas

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wms&request=getCapabilities

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map

description: area_management_seal_conservation_areas

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol: OGC:WFS

description: area_management_seal_conservation_areas

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&request=getFeature&typeName=nmpwfs:area_management_seal_conservation_areas&outputFormat=shape-zip&srsName=EPSG:4326

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

description: Download data as zipped shapefile on WGS84 datum

Unique resource identifier

code

Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1093

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

WGS84

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

environment

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.75714

East bounding longitude

-0.53202

North bounding latitude

61.46459

South bounding latitude

54.53297

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO3166-2

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2007-12-13

code identifying the extent

SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022-12-06

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

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.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitations to public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

The following attribution statement must be used: Contains Scottish Government information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marine.gis@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marine.gis@gov.scot

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marine.gis@gov.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Scottish Government

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marine.gis@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-09-12

Metadata language

eng