Publications

Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - Regional Locational Guidance

This Regional Locational Guidance collates information from a wide variety of sources to assist the wind, wave and tidal energy developers in situating their developments.

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 15 June 2015

Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - Socio-Economic Baseline Review

This Socio-Economic Baseline Review provides a regional overview of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area for the pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan. It also informs the Sustainability Appraisal for this Plan.

Type: Factsheet
Date: 15 June 2015

Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - Sustainability Appraisal

This report summarises the findings of the Sustainability Appraisal undertaken on the draft pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan incorporating a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) required under Directive 2001/42/EC and the Env

Type: Corporate report
Date: 15 June 2015

A Technical Standard for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture

The Standard determines technical requirements for fish farm equipment in Scotland and applies to all species of finfish. It should be used alongside operational procedures and training of staff to ensure equipment is used and maintained appropriately and

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 11 June 2015

Report to the Scottish Parliament on Orders Regulating the Management of Shellfisheries Under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967

Type: Progress report
Date: 09 June 2015

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 6: Development of a Model for Predicting Large Scale Spatio-Temporal Variability in Juvenile Fish Abundance from Electrofishing Data

Models of juvenile salmonid abundance are required to inform electrofishing based assessment approaches and potentially as an intermediate step in scaling conservation limits from data rich to data poor catchments. This report describes an approach for mo

Type: Progress report
Date: 29 May 2015

Consultation on Amending the Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009 in Scotland to Transpose Article 38 of the Offshore Safety Directive 2013 - Consultation Analysis

Type: Consultation paper
Date: 29 May 2015

Fish and Shellfish Stocks: 2015 Edition

Information on the state of fish and shellfish stocks of commercial importance to the Scottish fleet, inclduing Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for each stock.

Type: Statistics
Date: 18 May 2015

Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2014

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland.

Type: Statistics
Date: 18 May 2015

Part of:: Scottish shellfish farm production surveys

Wild Fisheries Reform: a response to the report of the Wild Fisheries Review

The paper sets out the Government’s response to the independent Wild Fisheries Review and seeks views on a number of broad policy options for the reform of salmon and freshwater fisheries management. Stakeholders are invited to share views and contribut

Type: Consultation paper
Date: 15 May 2015