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UK Fishing Intensity Associated with Oil and Gas Pipelines (2007-2015)

The layers provide information on the intensity of mobile fishing associated with Oil and Gas pipelines and cables. Each layer was created by calculating the total number of fishing tracks in 1 km by 1 km squares along the length of each pipeline for four gear categories (see More Information below). Fishing tracks were recreated for UK vessels greater than 15 m in length between 2007-2015 operating mobile demersal gear (otter trawls, pair trawls, beam trawlers and dredges) using vessel position data extracted from the Vessel Monitoring System. The layers can be used to aid the pipeline decommissioning process, including assessing the potential impacts and risks of different decommissioning options to commercial fisheries and informing the frequency of post-decommissioning monitoring according to level of fisheries interaction. The layers can also inform risk modelling for operational pipelines.

doi: 
10.7489/1972-1
Citation: 
Scottish Government. 2017. UK Fishing Intensity Associated with Oil and Gas Pipelines (2007-2015) dataset. DOI: 10.7489/1972-1

Data and Resources

environment
fisheries
man-made structures
biota
FieldValue
Publisher
Archive
Modified
2020-01-07
Release Date
2017-07-28
Identifier
375ab6e7-898a-4682-97d6-085fd62ec0de
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Scottish Seas
Temporal Coverage
2007-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Language
English (United Kingdom)
License
UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Author
Scottish Government - Marine Scotland
Data Dictionary

The ‘UK fishing intensity along pipelines’ data can be downloaded as an ESRI ArcGIS layer package containing a single shapefile. The layer contains the pipeline ID, pipeline operator and 40 fields relating to fishing intensity. Fields labelled ‘Dem’ show the number of fishing tracks from vessels operating demersal trawls according to year (2007 – 2015) and for all years combined. Fields labelled ‘Nep’ show the number of fishing tracks from vessels operating Nephrops trawls according to year and for all years. Fields labelled ‘Dredge’ show the number of fishing tracks from vessels operating dredges according to year and for all years. The ‘AllGear’ fields represent the total number of tracks from demersal, Nephrops and dredge vessels combined according to year and for all years. It is recommended that users conduct initial data exploration using the ‘AllGears’ field to identify pipeline sections that are associated with fishing activity. The symbology of the layer can then be changed using the remaining fishing fields to identify the type of fishing in the area and temporal variability in fisheries interactions with pipeline sections.
Contact Name
Marine Scotland
Contact Email
marinescotland@gov.scot
Public Access Level
Public