2008 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) biological analyses of Fisheries Research Services (FRS) Pentland Firth and Orkney Islands seabed camera survey

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• Last updated: 09 June 2025
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In October 2008, Fisheries Research Services (Aberdeen) collected video and photographic stills imagery from 61 stations in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Islands. This formed part of a wider marine survey programme requested by Scottish Government, to inform potential marine renewables development in this region. This report provides a description of the seabed habitats, species assemblages and biotopes evident from the video and stills footage along with a preliminary assessment of their conservation importance and potential sensitivity to renewable energy schemes in the area. In order to assess the likely environmental impact of the development of renewable energy schemes in the Pentland Firth and around the Orkney Islands, the Scottish Government commissioned Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen (FRS) to map some areas of the seabed. FRS subsequently requested Scottish Natural Heritage to provide some early commentary on the conservation status of benthic species and habitats in the area. This report provides a preliminary description of the habitats observed by video during surveys carried out by FRS in 2008. It aims to inform SNH on the habitats and species of the area, with a view to assessing their conservation importance.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2025-06-04
• Access contraints: Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
• Harvest GUID: dad19c700b0445839c274631c2f3e163
• Extent: Latitude: 59.043733556799° to °
• Extent: Longitude: -3.4304809570313° to -2.8207397460938°
• Dataset reference date: 2014-12-27 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (owner); NatureScot (HQ Inverness) (custodian); Colin Moore (originator); Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) (distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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