Aquaculture Potential Maps for Dorset and East Devon, 2018-2019

2018-2019 gridded data produced by the FLAG Aquaculture Mapping project for the Dorset and East Devon Fisheries Local Action Group area. The data, provided by the Government Digital Service, identifies areas with the least conflict and best suitability for specific types of sustainable marine aquaculture. Potential layers were derived by combining conservation boundaries, legislative constraints, human activity, and environmental requirements for various species and growing systems.

Use Cases

• Identify potential sites for specific aquaculture species and growing systems based on modeled environmental suitability.
• Assess spatial conflicts for aquaculture development by overlaying constraints from conservation, legislation, and human activity.
• Conduct regional planning for sustainable marine aquaculture based on aggregated potential for species groups.

Strengths

• Data is spatially explicit and gridded, allowing for geographic analysis.
• Covers a defined two-year project period (2018-2019) for temporal context.
• Models potential for specific species-system combinations and aggregated groups.

Limitations

• Row count, column definitions, and file size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and format details require manual inspection after download.
• The data provides a broad overview; detailed site-specific investigations are required for licensing, as noted in the description.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Modeled by combining information on conservation/legislative boundaries, human infrastructure/activity constraints, and environmental requirements.

Time Range

2018-2019

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Dorset and East Devon Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) area, UK