Description: Jurisdictional boundaries of harbours, small ports and privately owned marinas around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5a(iv) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled dataset. Shetland Islands Council (Ports and Harbours Operations) provided information on small ports and harbours. Lerwick Port Authority provided information on Lerwick Harbour. Tait and Peterson (solicitors) provided information on the jurisdictional area of Broonies Taing (a pier owned by a Trust). Not to be used for navigation.
Description: Locations of pinniped nursing and pupping areas around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5b(xiv) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Halichoerus grypus (grey seal) and Phoca vitulina (harbour seal) are designated under the Habitats Directive Annex II and Habitats Directive Annex V. Phoca vitulina is also designated under BAP. Both are recommended to become Priority Marine Features. Data supplied by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), and Anderson, S. S. (1974). Seals in Shetland. In Goodier, R. (Ed.) Natural Environment of Shetland, pp114-118. NCC. Consultation with SNH is advised.
Description: Locations of important tourist attractions and facilities in Shetland, as plotted in Map 5c(xii) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied by Visit Shetland.
Description: Locations of areas of importance to Shetland recreational users, as plotted in Map 5b(xxiv) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied by local sports clubs (boating, climbing, kayaking, rowing, sea-angling, sub-aqua), local marine users, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Ridley, G. (1992). Dive Scotland. Volume III: The Northern Isles and East Coast. Underwater World Publications Ltd., and extracted from Ordnance Survey maps.
Description: Locations of important marine floral habitats (sea loch egg wrack beds, seagrass beds, algal communities in low salinity water, tideswept algae, and kelp communities) and important species of coastal plants (Atriplex spp, Bolboschoe maritimus, Carex sp, Gentianella spp, Geranium sp, Hieracium spp, Mertensia maritima, Odontites verna, Ruppia spp, Salicornia spp, Suadeda maritima, and Taraxacum spp) within Shetland's waters, as plotted in Map 5b(xi) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Important marine algal habitats are BAP habitats, and may also be Habitats Directive Annex I and/or OSPAR habitats. Important rare coastal plants are indicative of Habitats Directive Annex I habitats. All are recommended to become Priority Marine Features. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), JNCC Marine Recorder, Shetland Biological Records Centre (SBRC), Envision Mapping Ltd., Howson (1999) Marine Nature Conservation Review Sector 1. Shetland: area summaries. Peterborough, Joint Nature Conservation Committee. (Coasts and seas of the United Kingdom. MNCR series), Entec (1996) Broad scale habitat mapping of intertidal and subtidal coastal areas: Busta Voe and Olna Firth, Shetland. Scottish Natural Heritage Research, Survey and Monitoring Report. No 75, Entec (1997) Broad scale survey and mapping of seabed and shore habitats and biota: Papa Stour Shetland. Report from Entec to Scottish Natural Heritage, and Entec (1997) Broad scale survey and mapping of shore habitats and biota, Vadills cSAC Shetland. Scottish Natural Heritage commissioned report F97PA0. Consultation with SNH is advised.
Description: Locations of important maerl bed habitats (maerl beds, and maerl or coarse shell gravel with burrowing sea cucumbers) within Shetland's waters, as plotted in Map 5b(ix) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Maerl beds are a Habitats Directive Annex I habitat, listed on Annex V of the Habitats Directive, are included under BAP and OSPAR habitat lists, and are recommended to become Priority Marine Features. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), JNCC Marine Recorder, Seasearch, NAFC Marine Centre Marine Developement Section, Moore, J.J. (2006). Survey of the rocky shores in the region of Sullom Voe, Shetland, August 2006. A report to SOTEAG from Aquatic Survey & Monitoring Ltd., Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, and Hjaltland Seafarms Ltd. Consultation with SNH is advised.
Description: Locations of boat trips and cruises around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5c(xii) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied from local sources.
Description: This map shows the locations around Shetland of submarine cables (electricity and telecommunications), oil and gas pipelines and pipelines for aquaculture operations, as plotted in Map 5a(iii) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Historical cables are digitally reproduced from KISCA charts. Recent cables and oil and gas pipelines were originally mapped by Shetland Islands Council.
Description: Primary shipping routes around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5a(iii) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled dataset. Information on local ferry routes were provided from AIS, and by Shetland Islands Council, and external routes (oil traffic, cargo, cruise ships) were provided from AIS, and by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Routes were checked against AIS data. Not to be used for navigation.
Description: Locations within Shetland important for shellfish dredging, as plotted in Map5c(ii) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled and validated dataset. Data supplied from interviews with Shetland fishermen, where fishing grounds were drawn on maps. Data set may be incomplete. Consultation with fishermen / SFA is strongly advised.
Description: Modelled relative levels of total constraints on coastal infrastructure of wave and tidal energy developments around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5c(x) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Methodology and model output are reported in detail in Tweddle at al. (2013). Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands. NAFC Marine Centre report. Modelled output produced by NAFC Marine Centre.
Description: Locations of pinniped nursing and pupping areas around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5b(xiv) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Halichoerus grypus (grey seal) and Phoca vitulina (harbour seal) are designated under the Habitats Directive Annex II and Habitats Directive Annex V. Phoca vitulina is also designated under BAP. Both are recommended to become Priority Marine Features. Data supplied by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), and Anderson, S. S. (1974). Seals in Shetland. In Goodier, R. (Ed.) Natural Environment of Shetland, pp114-118. NCC. Consultation with SNH is advised.
Description: Jurisdictional boundaries of harbours, small ports and privately owned marinas around Shetland, as plotted in Map 5a(iv) of the Shetland Marine Spatial Plan. Locally compiled dataset. Shetland Islands Council (Ports and Harbours Operations) provided information on small ports and harbours. Lerwick Port Authority provided information on Lerwick Harbour. Tait and Peterson (solicitors) provided information on the jurisdictional area of Broonies Taing (a pier owned by a Trust). Not to be used for navigation.