2010 Defra MB0106 Scottish Shellfish Species 10km
Location of shellfish farms in Scottish waters, aggregated into 10km squared grid cells. Information contained within each cell: Number of farms and number of farms growing those species
dataset
MB0106000000003
http://randd.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx
eng
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=16415
oceans
revision
2008-01-06
revision
2009-11-16
-7.4726
-0.7170
60.7699
54.7354
creation
2009-06-18
Irish Sea
creation
1954-01-01
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
creation
1954-01-01
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
creation
1954-01-01
North Sea
2010-01-01
2010-12-31
publication
2010-12-31
creation
2010-12-31
revision
2010-12-31
notPlanned
Location data and farm ID was taken from the Scottish Shellfish register (http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=3333), although this does not contain the production information which is provided in the 2008 Scottish Shellfish Production Survey. The NGR were converted into Eastings and Northings, and projected in ArcMap. The coordinates and farm ID were matched to a list of farm IDs supplied by Marlab providing the species grown at each farm. This data was plotted and then a spatial join was performed to aggregate the point data into the 10km2 grid cells. The attribute table was updated to include the total number of farms per 10km2 and also the number of farms growing each species within that cell. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK.
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Marine Officer
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) - Aquaculture advice team, Dingwall office
Graesser House Fodderty Way Dingwall Business Park
Dingwall
IV15 9XB
01349 862021
01349 863987
originator
Marine Biodiversity R and D Programme Manager
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Nobel House 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
custodian
Project Director
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd
pointOfContact
2021-03-17