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Protected Sites - Designated haul-out sites for seals (Protection of seals orders)

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
19 June 2024
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

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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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 September 2023
Harvest GUID
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1278
Extent (Latitude)
61.46459° to 54.53297°
Extent (Longitude)
-7.75714° to -0.53202°
Spatial reference system
WGS84
Dataset reference date (revision)
2022-12-05
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
no limitations to public access
Responsible party
Scottish Government (pointOfContact, custodian); Sea Mammal Research Unit (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

Enquiries

marine.gis@gov.scot

Licence information

The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) & Sea Mammal Research Unit licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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