2021 Oyster Ark Survey of Native Oysters on Mull and Skye

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30 September 2025
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Summary

The Oyster Ark Project (Nature Restoration fund project RES921142) was developed to attempt to fill in some of the gaps and to add to our knowledge of the extant populations of native oysters around Scotland. The project was carried out by volunteers from Seasearch and by a team from Heriot-Watt University and was funded by the Biodiversity Challenge Fund. The project aimed to seek out remnant wild Scottish native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitats, assess their population sizes, disease status, presence of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS). Surveys were carried out on foot in intertidal areas, or using snorkellers and divers for subtidal areas. Abundance counts of areas were established by surveyors.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-09-29
Access contraints
Survey concerns restricted species (O. edulis) so use only permitted under licence.
Harvest GUID
5be13b67-111b-4443-bb99-b2e6eb216103
Extent
Latitude: 57.439883° to °
Longitude: -6.627867° to -5.93733°
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2025-09-25 (publication)
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notPlanned
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Heriot Watt University (owner, custodian, originator); NatureScot (HQ Inverness) (distributor)
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