Gridded data ... produced in the context of the FLAG Aquaculture Mapping
project (2018-2019). The purpose of the project was to identify and map areas
best suited (and with least conflict) to specific types of sustainable marine
aquaculture, within the boundaries of the Dorset and East Devon Fisheries
Local Action Group (FLAG) area. The aquaculture potential layers were derived
by combining information on conservation and legislative boundaries, human
infrastructure and activity constraints, with environmental requirements for
various combinations of aquaculture species and growing system, to identify
areas of potential for each species/system combination.
The filenames of layers representing unique species/system combinations are in
the format:
‘Dorset-EDevon-FLAG_[ species_name ]_[ growing_system
]_AquaPotential.tif’
The filenames of layers representing grouped species/systems are in the
format:
‘Dorset-EDevon-FLAG_[ species_group ]_ALL_AquaPotential.tif’
The data layers represent a broad overview of aquaculture potential in the
Dorset and East Devon FLAG area, but detailed site-specific investigations
would be required for local planning applications and licensing purposes.