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Offshore seabed survey of Turbot Bank possible MPA 2019

Abstract

The survey cruise was undertaken during November and December 2012, on the RV Cefas Endeavour

Summary

The aim of this survey was to gather high quality evidence to confirm the presence of Priority Marine Features and Annex I habitats within the Turbot Bank pMPA site, and to contribute to an evaluation of site condition. Further information on Priority Marine Features and Annex I habitats, relevant to offshore Scottish waters, can be found in Appendices 1-4.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2019·07·08

Citation
Eggleton, J., Diesing, M. & Schinaia, S. 2019. Offshore seabed survey of Turbot Bank possible MPA. JNCC/Cefas Partnership Report No. 20. JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 2051-6711.

Lineage
In November 2012, the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and JNCC conducted an acoustic and groundtruth survey of the Turbot Bank pMPA.

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2019·07·09

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

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