2014 Consultation on the management of inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas - Consultation analysis report

2014 Consultation on the management of inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas - Consultation analysis report. Summary of the responses received relating to each site.


Appendix 18: St Kilda SAC Management Measures

Figure A18.1 - Map of proposed measures

Figure A18.1 – Map of proposed measures

Table A18.1 - Site level assessment of measures [47]

St Kilda SAC

Area (KM 2)

As %

Site

245.35

Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets

245.35

100%

Table A18.2 - Qualifying feature assessment [48] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets

SAC Qualifying Feature

Feature Records

Records Included

% Included

Stony Reef

Area (km 2)

168.46

168.46

100%

Table A18.3- Priority Marine Feature Added Value Assessment [49] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets

Other PMFs

Feature Records

Records Included

% Included

Burrowing sea anemone

Count

1

1

100%

European spiny lobster

Count

5

5

100%

Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment

Count

1

1

100%

Kelp beds

Count

38

38

100%

Northern feather star

Count

5

5

100%

Northern sea fan and sponge communities

Count

1

1

100%

Ocean quahog

Count

1

1

100%

Pink sea fingers

Count

1

1

100%

White cluster anemone

Count

5

5

100%

Table A18.4 - Other Marine Habitat Added Value Assessment [50] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets

Other Habitats

Feature Records

Records Included

% Included

Sandbank communities

Count

16

16

100%

Circalittoral mixed sediment communities

Count

4

4

100%

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