Modelled vector layers (shapefiles) of spatial extent of aquaculture potential in the Dorset & East Devon Fisheries Local Action Group area, 2018-2019

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These data were 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. All layers with original names can be downloaded from the "Dorset-EDevon- FLAG_AquaPotential_ALL.zip" file. Each separate layer has also been loaded to the Cefas Geoserver and can be downloaded individually or accessed via our APIs, WFS or WMS. The filenames of layers representing unique species/system combinations are in the format ‘Dorset-EDevon-FLAG_[species_name]_[growing_system]_AquaPotential.shp’. The shapefile ‘Dorset-EDevon-FLAG_TotalAquaculturePotential_ALL.shp’ represents the combined spatial extents of aquaculture potential for all species/system combinations. The shapefile ‘Dorset-EDevon-FLAG_TotalAquaculturePotential_Optimal.shp’ represents the combined spatial extents of optimal aquaculture potential where the combined modelled raster classification was 0.5 or higher (i.e. 50% of threshold values are optimum for all species/system combinations). 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.