135590Updated by FeedsNodeProcessor100013486nmpilayerund144949669316702531380016702531381<p>Seal haul-out sites are designated under section 117 of Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.&nbsp;Seal haul-outs are locations on land where seals come ashore to rest, moult or breed and Marine Scotland has been working closely with the <a href="http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/">Sea Mammal Research Unit</a> (SMRU) (on behalf of NERC) to identify suitable sites. Harassing a seal (intentionally or recklessly) at a haul-out site is an offence. “Haul-out site” means any place which the Scottish Ministers, after consulting the Natural Environment Research Council, by order designate as such for the purposes of this section.</p> <p>This layer shows the 194 seal haul-out sites in Scotland.</p> <p>The 194 seal haul-out sites and grey seal breeding colonies were selected using a methodology developed by the NERC Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews (description of methodology can be found at <a href="http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2015/10/1741.pdf">http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2015/10/1741.pdf</a>).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

filtered_html<p>Seal haul-out sites are designated under section 117 of Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Seal haul-outs are locations on land where seals come ashore to rest, moult or breed and Marine Scotland has been working closely with the <a href="http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/">Sea Mammal Research Unit</a> (SMRU) (on behalf of NERC) to identify suitable sites. Harassing a seal (intentionally or recklessly) at a haul-out site is an offence. “Haul-out site” means any place which the Scottish Ministers, after consulting the Natural Environment Research Council, by order designate as such for the purposes of this section.</p> <p>This layer shows the 194 seal haul-out sites in Scotland.</p> <p>The 194 seal haul-out sites and grey seal breeding colonies were selected using a methodology developed by the NERC Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews (description of methodology can be found at <a href="http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2015/10/1741.pdf">http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2015/10/1741.pdf</a>).</p> <p> </p> nmp:SealHaulOutsfull_htmlnmp:SealHaulOuts442102446full_html446572nmpi_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 ScotlandMarine Scotland Information NMPi icon205205205205619ActiveActiveFishDAC_1278FishDAC_12787497432019-12-10 00:00:002019-12-10 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime2022-12-05 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime1112782015-07-21 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime758Ian WalkerIan Walker0Q:\users\GISTeam\Datastore\FishDAC_1278http://s0413a:9997/RecordViewer.aspx?MetadataRecordID=12781322078378475410https://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search_blankView metadatahttps://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.searchhttps://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search_blankDownload via SSDIhttps://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search<p>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) &amp; Sea Mammal Research Unit&nbsp;(SMRU) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0</p> filtered_html<p>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) &amp; Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0</p> sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedpropertysioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=maps/4460