Wild Fisheries Mapping Data

A core service of SFCC is to provide mapping data relevant to fisheries management

In addition to this provision, in recent years mapping data is becoming increasingly avaliable online. The following provides a list of spatial or GIS related datasets relevant to the fisheries sector in Scotland. New data sources are arising and this list will be updated as appropriate. Please contact the SFCC with any further updates to the list attached below.

SFCC Member Access to Geographical Information User Guide August 2016

Application of many of these datasets is featured in the SFCC training course: GIS for Fisheries Managers. Thanks go to Dr Nick Paling (Westcountry Rivers Trust) and Hilary Anderson (Marine Scotland Science) for their help in compiling this.

Spatial data sources relevant to the freshwater fisheries sector

SFCC spatial data - Adding a Web Map Service (WMS) to your desktop GIS

Hot off the press: OS Open Rivers network now freely available. This network can now be viewed through the SFCC Freshwater Fisheries Web Map, or can be added into your desktop GIS software by navigating to the ARcCatalogue, then GIS Servers, then Add ARC GIS Server, and paste in this URL:

http://services.arcgis.com/qHLhLQrcvEnxjtPr/arcgis/rest/services/OSOpenRivers/FeatureServer/0

The Salmon Rivers layer is also available by adding this URL: http://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/ows/nmp? as a WMS Server into your desktop software.