These data products describe the distribution of Essential Fish Habitats (EFH) for fish and shellfish species in Scottish waters. This contributes in developing the evidence base on EFH, which will help the Scottish Government in targeting future work towards supporting future planning and (offshore wind) project level assessments in Scottish waters.
This resource is composed of 40 data products, between GIS data layers (as geodatabases and shapefiles) and data spreadsheets (as CSV files), which provide spatial predictions of the EFH distribution (as obtained from EFH modelling and habitat proxy assessment) for 17 species/life stages between fish and shellfish and survey and environmental data to support and validate such predictions.