Aquaculture - Guidance on the location of marine fish farms

131230Aquaculture - Guidance on the location of marine fish farms - March 2026Updated by FeedsNodeProcessor110013050nmpilayerund144949664417724558950017724558951Category 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. The maps describe the Category 1, 2 and 3 areas for the Scottish Government Locational Guidelines, 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. The sum of these indices was used for the categorisation of areas as indicated: Combined 'nutrient enhancement' and 'benthic impact' indices 7 - 10 (Category 1), 5 - 6 (Category 2), 0 - 4 (Category 3). For a detailed explanation of how these categorisations were derived, refer to the Scottish Fisheries Research (now Marine Scotland Science) Report "Scottish Executive locational guidelines for fish farming: predicted levels of nutrient enhancement and benthic impact"

filtered_htmlCategory 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. The maps describe the Category 1, 2 and 3 areas for the Scottish Government Locational Guidelines, 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. The sum of these indices was used for the categorisation of areas as indicated: Combined 'nutrient enhancement' and 'benthic impact' indices 7 - 10 (Category 1), 5 - 6 (Category 2), 0 - 4 (Category 3). For a detailed explanation of how these categorisations were derived, refer to the Scottish Fisheries Research (now Marine Scotland Science) Report "Scottish Executive locational guidelines for fish farming: predicted levels of nutrient enhancement and benthic impact" nmp:AquacultureLocationalGuidelinesfull_htmlnmp:AquacultureLocationalGuidelines110102530full_html530572nmpi_icon.pngpublic://default_images/nmpi_icon_1.pngimage/png1570911444339655imageMarine Scotland Information NMPi iconMarine Scotland Information NMPi iconNMPI icon 2 - Copyright © Marine ScotlandNMPI icon 2 - Copyright © Marine ScotlandNMPI icon 2 - Copyright © Marine ScotlandMarine Scotland Information NMPi icon205205205205619ActiveActiveFishDAC_1259FishDAC_12597497432026-02-27 00:00:002026-02-27 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime2026-03-02 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime1112592015-07-21 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime758Anna Donald (MARLAB)Anna Donald (MARLAB)0Q:\users\GISTeam\Datastore\FishDAC_1259http://s0413a:9997/RecordViewer.aspx?MetadataRecordID=1259968078378478010https://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1259<attributes/><original_title/><original_url>https://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1259</original_url></item></und></field_metadata_link><field_datasource_link/><field_usage_limitations><und is_array="true"><item><value>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. </value><format>filtered_html</format><safe_value>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. </safe_value></item></und></field_usage_limitations><rdf_mapping><rdftype is_array="true"><item>sioc:Item</item><item>foaf:Document</item></rdftype><title><predicates is_array="true"><item>dc:title</item></predicates>dc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedpropertysioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=maps/530