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 "snippet": "Wild Salmonid Protection Zones are part of a risk-based framework for managing the interaction between sea lice from open-net pen finfish farms and wild salmonids in Scotland.",
 "description": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The greatest risk of large numbers of salmon being infested with harmful levels of sea lice is during their passage, as small post-smolts, through sea lochs and other confined areas of sea at the start of their migration to oceanic feeding grounds.<\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>No specific migration routes are known for West Coast sea trout post-smolts but the limited information available suggests predominantly inshore and local use of coastal waters.<\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>To target protection where potential risk is greatest, we have identified a network of WSPZs along the West Coast and around the Western Isles. The network includes the following areas:<\/SPAN><\/P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>All sea lochs into which salmon rivers drain.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><LI><P><SPAN>Sounds through which salmon populations are likely to migrate.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><LI><P><SPAN>Sea areas within 5 km radius of all salmon river mouths, irrespective of whether the river drains into a sea loch or sound.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><LI><P><SPAN>All areas of sea within 5 km of rivers designated for the protection of freshwater pearl mussels. This includes salmon rivers but excludes non-salmon rivers. In the latter, trout act as the sole hosts in the lifecycle of the mussels. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/LI><\/UL><P><SPAN>Many of the WSPZs have fish farms already located in or near them; and, because of their water currents, have potential to accumulate higher concentrations of infective-stage sea lice than more open sea areas.<\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>This feature class was derived from SEPAs <\/SPAN><A href=\"https://eur-lex.europa.eu:443/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32000L0060\" STYLE=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><SPAN>Water Framework Directive <\/SPAN><\/A><SPAN>(2000/60/EC) Coastal and Transitional water bodies.  The water bodies were created using the OS boundary line High Water dataset, OS Open Map Local dataset and UKHO Open Data 3 nautical mile limit.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
 "summary": "Wild Salmonid Protection Zones are part of a risk-based framework for managing the interaction between sea lice from open-net pen finfish farms and wild salmonids in Scotland.",
 "title": "Wild Salmonid Protection Zones",
 "tags": [
  "Wild Salmonid Protection Zones",
  "fish",
  "coastal",
  "transitional",
  "salmon",
  "sea trout"
 ],
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 "accessInformation": "© Scottish Environment Protection Agency.  Contains OS data Copyright Crown copyright [and database right].",
 "licenseInfo": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Available free of charge under the terms of the current Open Government Licence (OGL) (<\/SPAN><A href=\"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk:443/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/\" STYLE=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><SPAN>https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/<\/SPAN><\/A><SPAN>). <\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>Acknowledgement of the copyright and source of the data is required by including the following attribution statement:  © Scottish Environment Protection Agency.  Contains OS data Copyright Crown copyright and database right (year).<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>"
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