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Publication - Progress report

Report to the Scottish Parliament on Progress to Identify a Scottish Network of Marine Protected Areas

Published
17 December 2012
Topic
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781782563037

This reports on which sites are currently included in the MPA network and outlines progress on Nature Conservation MPAs, Historic MPAs, and Demonstration and Research MPAs.

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Annex B Special Areas of Conservation ( SACs)

Table 4.1 Qualifying habitats and species features of marine Special Areas of Conservation

Annex I habitats Annex II species
Estuaries Bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus)
Lagoons Harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena)
Large shallow inlets and bays Grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus)
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide Common seal ( Phoca vitulina)
Reefs
Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
Submarine structures made by leaking gases
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves

Table 4.2 Possible [14] marine Special Areas of Conservation (pSACs) in Scottish waters

OSPAR Region Possible SAC name Features
III Sound of Barra Reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, common seal

Table 4.3 Candidate marine Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) in Scottish waters

OSPAR Region Candidate SAC name Features
II Pobie Bank Reefs
II & III Solan Bank Reefs
III East Mingulay Reefs
V Anton Dhorn Reefs
V East Rockall Bank Reefs
V Hatton Bank Reefs

Table 4.4 Marine Special Areas of Conservation ( SACs) in Scottish waters

OSPAR Region SAC name Features
II Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast Large shallow inlets and bays, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, reefs, submerged or partially submerged sea caves, grey seal
II Braemar Pockmarks Submarine structures made by leaking gases
II Dornoch Firth and Morrich More Estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, common seal
II Faray and Holm of Faray Grey seal
II Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary Estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, common seal
II Isle of May Reefs, grey seal
II Loch of Stenness Lagoons
II Moray Firth Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, bottlenose dolphin
II Mousa Reefs, submerged or partially submerged sea caves, common seal
II Papa Stour Reefs, submerged or partially submerged sea caves
II Sanday Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, common seal
II Scanner Pockmark Submarine structures made by leaking gases
II Sullom Voe Lagoons, large shallow inlets and bays, reefs
II The Vadills Lagoons
II Yell Sound Coast Common seal
III Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan Common seal
III Eileanan agus Sgeiran Lios mor Common seal
III Firth of Lorn Reefs
III Loch Creran Reefs
III Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs Reefs
III Loch Laxford Large shallow inlets and bays, reefs
III Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
III Loch nam Madadh Large shallow inlets and bays, lagoons, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
III Loch Roag Lagoons Lagoons
III Luce Bay and Sands Large shallow inlets and bays, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
III Moine Mhor Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
III Monach Islands Grey seal
III North Rona Reefs, submerged or partially submerged sea caves, grey seal
III Obain Loch Euphoirt Lagoons
III Solway Firth Estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, reefs, sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
III Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh) Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
III South Uist Machair Lagoons
III South-East Islay Skerries Common seal
III Stanton Banks Reefs
III St Kilda Reefs, submerged or partially submerged sea caves
III Sunart Reefs
III Treshnish Isles Reefs, grey seal
V Darwin Mounds Reefs
V North West Rockall Bank Reefs

V

Wyville Thomson Ridge

Reefs

Figure 7 - Marine Special Areas of Conservation ( SACs) in Scotland's seas

Figure 7 - Marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Scotland's seas

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