Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - March 2016

The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters was chosen to pilot the development of a marine spatial plan to support sustainable management of the area’s seas. This pilot plan aims to put in place a planning policy framework in advance of statutory regional marine planning to support sustainable decision making on marine use and management.  For detailed information please visit the Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters MSP pages where you can view background information and the the planning process.

The final plan can be downloaded from the link in the data sources table below. It contains details of the data originators for all the individual data sets used for the maps. It is not possible to list all the originators here. As the plan is a snapshot in time, more up to date data may be available on MS Maps NMPi along with data originator details.

Supporting maps, created for the plan, are available to view on NMPi and can be selected from the maps table below.

Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area - copyright © Marine Scotland

Links and Resources

Map Typesort descending Click title for metadata and licence information Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 11 Submerged Archaeology 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 9 Water Environment- Water Abstractions 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 17 Renewable Energy 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 7 Bedrock Geology 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 16 Oil and Gas- Licenced Blocks and Hydrocarbon Fields 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 15 Aquaculture- Shellfish Harvesting Waters and Water Protected Areas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 23 Marine Aggregates- Construction Aggregate and Fill Aggregate 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 18 Recreational Activities- Recreational Dive Sites, Surfing, Windsurfing, Visitor Yacht Moorings and Marinas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 1 Locations 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 3 National and Local Nature Conservation Areas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 16 Oil and Gas- Hydrocarbon Pipelines 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 6 Landscape Designations 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 20 Non-Recreational Shipping Density 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 9 Water Environment Shellfish Harvesting Waters and Water Protected Areas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 13 ScotMap Monetary Value 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 5 Harbour Seal Breeding Colony, Haul Outs and SAC 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 15 Aquaculture- Active Aquaculture Sites 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 1 Plan Area 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 21 Ports, Harbour Areas and Ferry Routes- St Margaret's Hope Jurisdiction and Pier Harbour Areas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 21 Ports, Harbour Areas and Ferry Routes- Ports, Harbours, Piers, Slips, Visitor Yacht Moorings and Marinas 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 23 Marine Aggregates- Open Disposal Sites 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 24 Defence Firing Range 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 4 Grey Seal Haul Out and Breeding Colony 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 12 Integrating Coastal and Marine Development 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) PFOW MSP Map 5 Harbour Seal Usage 2016-03-22 Access this map on NMPi

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