Protected Sites - Designated haul-out sites for seals (Protection of seals orders)
Seal haul-out sites are designated under section 117 of Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. 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.
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https://www.gov.scot/policies/marine-environment/seal-haul-out-sites/
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description: Download Seal Haul-outs as zipped shapefile on WGS 1984 datum
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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 http://www.smru.st-and.ac.uk/documents/1741.pdf). Site selection was based on patterns of haul-out site usage by seals over recent years as recorded by SMRU during their aerial surveys. Data confirmed as of 05/12/2022.
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2022-12-05