Identification

Title

Area Management - Scottish Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGs)

Abstract

Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGs) are bodies that aim to improve the management of Scotland's inshore fisheries (out to twelve nautical miles) and to give commercial inshore fishermen a strong voice in wider marine management developments. Originally six pilot IFGs were established in 2009 (covering the Outer Hebrides, the Clyde, the south east of Scotland, the north west, small isles and Mull, and Moray Firth) and each developed an inshore fisheries management plan for its area. This was followed in 2013 by six Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) covering all of the Scottish coast (except Shetland which has its own management arrangements). The West Coast and North & East Coast RIFGs were established in April 2016 and replace the four IFGs that formerly covered the Scottish mainland coast. This layer shows the RIFG network, which includes the West Coast, North & East Coast and Outer Hebrides RIFGs, along with the Orkney Management Group and Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation. In 2020, the scope of RIFGs was extended to the 12NM limit as part of the Future Fisheries Management (FFM) policy.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: area_management_inshore_fisheries_groups

function: download

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: area_management_inshore_fisheries_groups

function: download

https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&request=getFeature&typeName=nmpwfs:area_management_inshore_fisheries_groups&outputFormat=shape-zip&srsName=EPSG:4326

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

description: Download as zipped shapefile on WGS84 datum

function: download

https://marinescotland.atkinsgeospatial.com/nmpi/default.aspx?availablelayers=188

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

description: View on Marine Scotland Maps

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1197

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Fisheries

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2017-05-03

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.837017

East bounding longitude

-0.5226393

North bounding latitude

60.96097

South bounding latitude

54.5331

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

The correct value is not known to, and not computable by, the sender of this data. However, a correct value probably exists.

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-06-01

End position

2015-07-20

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-10-25

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) areas are derived from the areas defined in the Scottish Marine Regions Order. Some SMRs were merged to create RIFG boundaries. For the purposes of the Solway, the Scottish adjacent waters boundary was extended to the nearest point of the common boundary between Scotland and England as recorded on OS Boundary Line; this section of the line is for illustrative purposes only and does not describe a legal boundary. For standardisation, attributes use S57 vocabulary (see s-57.com) with additional fields. Area values calculated on ETRS89 / LAEA Europe (EPSG:3035) as integers.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitations to public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marinescotland@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marinescotland@gov.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marinescotland@gov.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marinescotland@gov.scot

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Scottish Government

telephone number

+44 (0)300 244 4000

email address

marinescotland@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-10-25

Metadata language