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Welcome to marine.gov.scot
Marine.gov.scot provides information about the Scottish marine environment, including resources that are made available by the Scottish Government's Marine Directorate and partners.
You can search across all types of content.
This site is part of the Scottish Government's marine open data network. The network also includes maps.marine.gov.scot (NMPi), data.marine.gov.scot, and Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020. The network is part of the Scotland’s Environment platform.
Content is grouped into various types, and you can use the next tabs to explore the content:
- Information: Text and background, organised into themes that are aligned with the Scottish Government's vision for managing Scotland's Seas.
- Maps: Spatial data presented as interactive or downloadable map sources.
- Data: Datasets, statistics, downloadable documents, and links to other websites.
- Licensing: Access to documents associated with applications for Marine Licences.
Information on this site is organised by themes. You can select these themes to explore more information on available maps, data and topics.
Maps are either interactive web maps available through Marine Scotland Maps, or downloadable resources for further analysis in GIS tools. We have organised maps by the type of resource. A list of all maps available on Marine Scotland Maps can be seen in the Marine Scotland Maps (NMPi) section.
Data sources are either downloadable files or links to more information on other websites. We include all datasets published on marinedata.scotland.gov.uk as well as numerous other links to partners, documents, and tables.