Marine Spatial Planning Expertise

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The Marine Spatial Planning Team at Shetland UHI is a multi-disciplinary team and has a range of expertise developed across commercial, research and statutory planning projects.

This includes:

  • Policy analysis and development
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Data and mapping (ARC GIS)
  • Constraint mapping
  • Processing, analysis and use of vessel tracking technology (inshore VMS, VMS, and AIS)
  • Formal assessments such as EIA, SEA, HRA
  • Biosecurity Planning and non-native species monitoring
  • Marine surveying and habitat mapping
  • Predicative modelling
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wave energy device Marine Renewables in Shetland
Fishing areas around Scotland Fisheries & Marine Spatial Planning
Underwater seaweed Species and Habitat Mapping
Map showing fishing areas around Shetland GIS Mapping
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NAFC Marine UHI publications Marine Spatial Planning Publications
Marine survey equipment Consultancy Services
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Marine Spatial Planning Section
UHI Shetland Scalloway Campus
Port Arthur
Scalloway
Shetland
ZE1 0UN