1180130Edited by MartynC.110012632layer_information_pageund1449064498156317566200156317566255<p>Category 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of&nbsp;Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. Details in "<em>Locational Guidelines for the Authorisation of Marine Fish Farms in Scottish Waters</em>".</p> <p>Chapter 7 (Aquaculture) of Scotland's National Marine Plan, Policy 3 states:</p> <p class="rteindent1">AQUACULTURE 3: In relation to nutrient enhancement and benthic impacts, as set out under Locational Guidelines for the Authorisation of Marine Fish Farms in Scottish Waters, fish farm development is likely to be acceptable in Category 3 areas, subject to other criteria being satisfied. A degree of precaution should be applied to consideration of further fish farming development in Category 2 areas and there will be a presumption against further fish farm development in Category 1 areas.</p> <p>Marine Scotland aims to update this&nbsp;data layer every quarter. Although Marine Scotland&nbsp;updates the published Locational Guidelines quarterly this may or may not result in changes to loch categories. This may account for the date of data being more than one quarter ago. Please check the link under the 'Data Sources' tab below for more information.&nbsp;</p> full_html<p>Category 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. Details in "<em>Locational Guidelines for the Authorisation of Marine Fish Farms in Scottish Waters</em>".</p> <p>Chapter 7 (Aquaculture) of Scotland's National Marine Plan, Policy 3 states:</p> <p class="rteindent1">AQUACULTURE 3: In relation to nutrient enhancement and benthic impacts, as set out under Locational Guidelines for the Authorisation of Marine Fish Farms in Scottish Waters, fish farm development is likely to be acceptable in Category 3 areas, subject to other criteria being satisfied. A degree of precaution should be applied to consideration of further fish farming development in Category 2 areas and there will be a presumption against further fish farm development in Category 1 areas.</p> <p>Marine Scotland aims to update this data layer every quarter. Although Marine Scotland updates the published Locational Guidelines quarterly this may or may not result in changes to loch categories. This may account for the date of data being more than one quarter ago. Please check the link under the 'Data Sources' tab below for more information. </p> 411252Fish Farm 003.jpgpublic://Fish Farm 003.jpgimage/jpeg106050511449594338imageSide view of a large finfish farmSide view of a large finfish farmFish farm 3 - Copyright © Marine ScotlandFish farm 3 - Copyright © Marine Scotland<_drafty_revision_requested>FIELD_LOAD_CURRENTSide view of a large finfish farm30081960826<p>The Guidelines describe the Category 1, 2 and 3 areas designated on the basis of Marine Scotland Science predictive modelling to estimate nutrient enhancement and benthic impact in sea lochs or similar water bodies supporting aquaculture.</p> <p>For a detailed explanation of how these categorisations were derived, refer to the Scottish Fisheries Research (now Marine Scotland Science) Report: <em>Scottish Executive locational guidelines for fish farming: predicted levels of nutrient enhancement and benthic impact</em></p> <p>Predictive models were used to assign each sea loch an index of 'nutrient enhancement' and 'benthic impact'. The sum of these indices was used for the categorisation of areas.</p> full_html<p>The Guidelines describe the Category 1, 2 and 3 areas designated on the basis of Marine Scotland Science predictive modelling to estimate nutrient enhancement and benthic impact in sea lochs or similar water bodies supporting aquaculture.</p> <p>For a detailed explanation of how these categorisations were derived, refer to the Scottish Fisheries Research (now Marine Scotland Science) Report: <em>Scottish Executive locational guidelines for fish farming: predicted levels of nutrient enhancement and benthic impact</em></p> <p>Predictive models were used to assign each sea loch an index of 'nutrient enhancement' and 'benthic impact'. The sum of these indices was used for the categorisation of areas.</p> 5045452513050758853sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedsioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=information/planning-locational-guidelines010934011801312632publishedpublished55156317566211156317566210934011801312632publishedpublished55156317566211156317566210934011801312632publishedpublished551563175662111563175662