b67f42403e12fdd3afcf546362ea56f0 English dataset NatureScot (HQ Inverness) data_supply@nature.scot pointOfContact 2025-06-10 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision OSGB 1936 / British National Grid 1997 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) St Kilda broad scale mapping survey of seabed and shore habitats for cSAC 1999-03-01 publication 2000-03-31 revision JNCCMNCR30000694 Marine Recorder NS-000041 NatureScot project ID JNCCMNCR1000068 Marine Recorder A sublittoral survey of St. Kilda candidate* Special Area of Conservation was carried out during June and July 1997. The survey was undertaken using acoustic techniques (RoxAnn) validated by ground-truthing involving diving and remove survey using Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). The littoral survey was undertaken through site visits to the shore with biotopes determined based on MNCR marine biotope manual (Version 97.06). Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot owner NatureScot (HQ Inverness) NatureScot Data Manager data_supply@nature.scot custodian Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot originator Esther Hughes Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor continual Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-06-10 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-06-10 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access otherRestrictions Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment oceans -8.6991119384766 -8.4986114501953 57.759227308715 57.866031768015 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Northwest Atlantic Ocean (40W) Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Scottish Continental Shelf 1997-06-01 1997-07-31 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision infralittoral SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision littoral Database Marine Recorder Delimited Marine Recorder Snapshot Documents Survey report Geographic Information System Shapefile dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true The data collection techniques and resulting data have been through the standard SNH quality assurance checks prior to publication of the data through Marine Recorder and associated report.