Abstract
Work Package 4 involves translating three aspects of functionality into user-friendly tools: (1) novel GLS-based apportioning estimates for the non-breeding season for razorbill and guillemot, (2) novel GPS-based apportioning estimates for the breeding season for lesser black-backed gulls (LBBG) and (3) extensions to the NatureScot apportioning tool. The first of these has involved substantial work within WP4, in part because the functionality included within this tool goes beyond that in the current apportioning tool (BDMPS), and in part because of technical challenges in using the GLS-based maps. As a result, and because integration into the Marine Scotland Cumulative Effects Framework (CEF) involves addressing some challenges, this part of the work has been delivered through a self-contained tool (albeit one that is futureproofed for future inclusion in the CEF). A live version of this tool has been produced, and this is summarised here and in the User Guide.
The other two elements of WP4 involved smaller amounts of work within WP4 (even though the LBBG work involved substantial modelling work in WP3), and are readily incorporated into the CEF, so are being delivered via the CEF.