UNITED KINGDOM · SCOTLAND · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Wild Salmonid Protection Zones (Scotland)
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What this layer shows
Zones around the sea lochs and coasts used by wild salmon and sea trout, which SEPA uses to assess the risk of sea lice from fish farms. They matter for aquaculture siting rather than for land development.
Publisher and licence
Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
© Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · map.sepa.org.uk
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Facts shown for each feature
Zone ID · Bottleneck type · Area (km²)
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- Internal Drainage Districts
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- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface)
- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
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- Bathing Waters (England)
- Bathing Waters (Scotland)
- Bathing Waters (Wales)
- Bathing Waters (Northern Ireland)
- Groundwater Bodies (WFD 2025)
- River Water Body Catchments (WFD 2025)