2008 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Lamlash Bay broad-scale mapping survey

In September 2008 a No Take Zone (NTZ) was established in Lamlash Bay (Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire) in Scotland following a consultation for a fishery order (under the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984). The proposed NTZ was passed by the Scottish Parliament prohibiting all sea fishing within the NTZ. The main aims of this survey were to carry out an acoustic mapping survey with ground-truthing (camera deployments and sediment sampling) to create maps of the habitats and biotopes within the site in a Geographical Information System (GIS). The field work (acoustic and biological surveys) was undertaken between the 13th and 21st October 2008 with all survey operations conducted from the Fisheries Research Services (FRS) survey vessel ‘Alba na Mara’.2008年9月，依据《1984年近岸捕鱼（苏格兰）法案》制定渔业命令并完成公众咨询后，苏格兰北艾尔郡阿伦岛的拉梅什湾（Lamlash Bay）设立了禁捕区（No Take Zone, NTZ）。该禁捕区提案经苏格兰议会表决通过，严禁在区内开展任何海上捕鱼活动。本次调查的核心目标为：采用声学测绘结合实地验证（布设相机与沉积物采样）的技术手段，在地理信息系统（Geographical Information System, GIS）中生成该区域的生境与群落生境分布图。 本次野外作业（涵盖声学与生物调查）于2008年10月13日至21日期间开展，所有调查作业均由渔业研究服务中心（Fisheries Research Services, FRS）科考船“Alba na Mara”号执行完成。