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Dogger Bank MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 13 June 2022, fisheries management measures came into force for Dogger Bank SAC. For more information about what these fisheries measures are, please visit the gov.uk web...
East of Start Point MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)East of Start Point MCZ is located 20 km off Torquay and 19 km south of Lyme Bay in the Eastern Channel region. Advice for this MPA is jointly delivered with Natu...
World Creativity and Innovation Week: supporting innovative projects in the UK Overseas Territories
Published date 2024-04-16To celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW), we have a series of blog posts looking at some of our recent innovative work. Today it's the turn of our International Implementation Team.Wor...
Scanner Pockmark MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)Scanner pockmark, located 185 km off the north-east coast of Scotland, is a seafloor depression containing Submarine structures made by leaking gases. Video S...
Darwin Mounds MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)The Darwin Mounds SAC lies at the north end of the Rockall Trough located approximately 160 km north-west of Cape Wrath, Scotland, with depths between 710 m a...
West of Scotland MPA
Published date 2024-04-19All features of the former Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA are now protected within this West of Scotland MPA. Incorporating the features of the former Rosemary Bank Seamount MPA within this larger West of...
Stanton Banks MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)The Stanton Banks are a series of granite ridges up to 160 m tall that protrude from the seabed, situated south of the Outer Hebrides. Site Located south of t...
Swallow Sand MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Swallow Sand MCZ is situated in the northern North Sea where the offshore seabed is sandy with some coarser gravel and muddy patches. Site Situated in the norther...
West Shetland Shelf MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please note that the management measures in place in the site have changed (i.e. the Windsock Closure has been lifted). The conservation advice for the site will be updated in due course to reflect th...
South of Celtic Deep MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for South of Celtic Deep. For more information about the measures, please see MMO Statutory guidance for the...