Area Management - Scottish Assessment areas - Scottish Marine Regions and Offshore Marine Regions

The 21 Scottish marine regions and offshore marine regions are used for state of the sea assessments. These areas consolidate the existing statutory Scottish Marine Regions with non-statutory offshore marine regions. For the purposes of assessment, the offshore marine regions extend to the continental shelf limits (adjacent to Scotland)本次海洋状况评估共选取21个苏格兰海域（Scottish marine regions）与离岸海域（offshore marine regions）作为研究区域。上述区域整合了现有法定苏格兰海域（statutory Scottish Marine Regions）与非法定离岸海域（non-statutory offshore marine regions）。为满足评估需求，离岸海域的范围延伸至苏格兰毗邻的大陆架界限。