Orkney Islands Marine Region: Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance

To support the implementation of ‘Sector Policy 2b Finfish and shellfish farming’ in the Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan, Orkney Islands Council has prepared the Orkney Islands Marine Region: Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance.

The Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance has been prepared as non-statutory planning guidance, developed to help identify areas of greater and lesser potential sensitivity and/or constraint for finfish farming development and/or activities in the Orkney Islands marine region. The guidance aims to provide greater clarity for stakeholders on the significance, and potential sensitivity of identified environmental, historic, social, economic and infrastructure features, or receptors, to finfish farming development and/or activities.

The Orkney Islands Marine Region: Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance can be found in the related downloads section of this page.

The Finfish Farming Spatial Guidance is supported by an online interactive mapping tool which can be accessed here. This tool allows users to identify nearby receptors from a given point by clicking on a desired location.

This spatial guidance was developed with input from key stakeholders, and adopted by the Council in May 2026 following a public consultation in 2024.

For further information please contact OIC Marine Planning.