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Publication - Advice and guidance

Offshore Marine Protected Areas - fisheries management measures: supporting guidance on coordinates and restrictions:

Published
1 September 2025
From
Director of Marine
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781806430871

Detailed guidance on site-specific fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas, including restricted gear types, gear codes, and precise area coordinates, to support compliance and promote sustainable use of marine resources in designated protected zones.

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North-east Faroe-Shetland Channel MPA

Location: ICES area 2a, 4a

Measures: Demersal mobile gear prohibited from one zoned area. Demersal mobile gear and demersal static gear prohibited in one zoned area.

Gear types subject to restrictions

Demersal Mobile Gear:

  • Bottom trawl: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, and TB
  • Beam trawl: TBB
  • Seines: SDN, SSC, SPR, SX, and SV
  • Dredge (boat and mechanised): DRB and HMD

Demersal Static Gear

  • Pots, traps, or creels: FIX and FPO
  • Floated demersal longlines: LL, LLS, and LX
  • Set or static nets: GN, GNC, GNS, GTN, and GTR
Figure 11: Map of North-east Faroe Shetland Channel MPA showing prohibited areas for demersal fishing gear. Mobile gear is banned in the northern hatched zone, while both mobile and static gear are banned in the southern hatched zone.
This map shows the North-east Faroe Shetland Channel MPA. The site boundary is outlined in blue. The northern hatched area restricts demersal mobile gear, and the southern hatched area restricts both mobile and static gear. Deep-sea muds and sands distribution are shown. Blue dots mark deep-sea sponge aggregations. The map includes 600 m and 800 m depth contours. An inset map shows the site's location northeast of Scotland.

First Area (Demersal mobile and demersal static gear prohibited)

Boundary Line Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins Topographic description of boundary line
1. A to B Loxodrome
2. B to C Loxodrome
3. C to D Loxodrome
4. D to E Geodesic
5. E to F Geodesic
6. F to G Geodesic
7. G to H Geodesic
8. H to A Geodesic

Where—

“A” is 61° 56.529' N, 000° 43.371' W,

“B” is 61° 59.395' N, 000° 34.470' W,

“C” is 62° 02.077' N, 000° 16.574' W,

“D” is 62° 03.534' N, 000° 00.025' E,

“E” is 61° 59.561' N, 000° 00.025' E,

“F” is 61° 58.189' N, 000° 09.007' W,

“G” is 61° 55.933' N, 000° 30.223' W, and

“H” is 61° 52.218' N, 000° 41.512' W

Second Area (Demersal mobile gear prohibited)

Boundary Line Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins Topographic description of boundary line
1. I to J Geodesic
2. J to K Geodesic
3. K to L Geodesic
4. L to M Geodesic
5. M to N Geodesic
6. N to O Geodesic
7. O to P Geodesic
8. P to Q Geodesic
9. Q to R Loxodrome
10. R to S Geodesic
11. S to T Geodesic
12. T to U Geodesic
13. U to I Geodesic

Where—

“I” is 62° 23.949' N, 002° 31.952' W,

“J” is 62° 39.314' N, 001° 49.693' W,

“K” is 62° 56.192' N, 001° 42.448' W,

“L” is 63° 04.544' N, 001° 36.109' W,

“M” is 63° 40.649' N, 000° 47.736' W,

“N” is 63° 53.224' N, 000° 29.444' W,

“O” is 62° 32.762' N, 000° 57.697' E,

“P” is 62° 15.018' N, 000° 15.243' E,

“Q” is 62° 11.627' N, 000° 00.025' E,

“R” is 62° 03.117' N, 000° 46.213' W,

“S” is 61° 40.380' N, 001° 28.200' W,

“T” is 61° 32.388' N, 001° 28.194' W, and

“U” is 61° 33.657' N, 002° 12.753' W.

Contact

Email: Marine_biodiversity@gov.scot

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