Scottish Shellfish Fishery Regulatory and Several Orders with Spatial Boundaries

Regulating and Several Orders are granted by the Scottish Ministers under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 for the Scottish zone. The data likely contains geospatial boundaries for areas where exclusive fishing rights or regulatory powers are granted for shellfish species. The shapefile includes hyperlinks to individual statutory instruments.

Use Cases

• Map exclusive shellfish fishing rights based on the Several Order areas mentioned in the description.
• Analyze spatial regulations for shellfish fisheries based on the defined areas for Regulating Orders.
• Study the temporal limits of fishery management orders based on the specified time limits described.
• Link legal statutory instruments to their geographic extents using the hyperlinks in the shapefile.

Strengths

• Data is derived from statutory legal orders, providing an authoritative basis for management.
• Includes geospatial shapefiles, enabling map-based analysis of fishery areas.
• Hyperlinks connect spatial data to the underlying legal documents for verification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Legal orders granted under the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967.

Time Range

Specified limit of time per order, but overall temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Scottish zone