Scottish continental shelf waters

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Scottish continental shelf waters are the offshore marine areas surrounding Scotland, rich in fisheries and energy resources and subject to specific environmental and economic management.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Scottish continental shelf waters canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exclusive economic zone component ⓘ
marine area ⓘ
offshore area ⓘ
border English continental shelf waters ⓘ
Irish continental shelf waters ⓘ
Norwegian continental shelf waters ⓘ
Scottish territorial sea ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
environmentalConcern habitat disturbance from bottom trawling ⓘ
impacts of offshore energy infrastructure ⓘ
oil pollution risk ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
governedBy Scottish Government ⓘ
UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
hasEcosystemService biodiversity support ⓘ
carbon sequestration ⓘ
fisheries production ⓘ
hasResource demersal fish stocks ⓘ
hydrocarbon reserves ⓘ
offshore wind resource ⓘ
pelagic fish stocks ⓘ
shellfish stocks ⓘ
hasUse carbon capture and storage ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
marine research ⓘ
offshore gas production ⓘ
offshore oil production ⓘ
offshore wind energy ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
subsea cables and pipelines ⓘ
legalBasis Continental Shelf Act 1964 (UK) ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998 (as amended) ⓘ
linked to: Scotland Act 1998

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
managedBy Marine Scotland ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
North-East Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Scottish marine area ⓘ
United Kingdom continental shelf ⓘ
regulatedBy Common Fisheries Policy (historical) ⓘ
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 ⓘ
Offshore Petroleum Licensing regime ⓘ
UK Fisheries Act 2020 ⓘ
UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ
subjectTo environmental impact assessment ⓘ
fisheries quotas ⓘ
marine protected area designations ⓘ
marine spatial planning ⓘ
offshore licensing rounds ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom exclusive economic zone → includesSeaArea → Scottish continental shelf waters ⓘ