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North-East Faroe-Shetland Channel MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Status: Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (Nature Conservation MPA)The North-east Faroe-Shetland Channel MPA is located to the far north-east of Scotland, and is one of the largest designated ...
Cape Bank MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for Cape Bank MCZ. For more information about these fisheries measures are please see MMO Statutory guidanc...
M.AtMB.Co.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic mid bathyal coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03This broad community includes all biotopes that are characterised by encrusting species including deep-sea sponges, serpulid worms, cup corals and Anoniimid bivalves. This community is widespread and ...
M.AtMB.Mu.EreCor.AcaArb Acanella arbuscula assemblage on Atlantic mid bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This biotope is composed of dense aggregations of the Isidid octocoral Acanella arbuscula on sandy silts and fine grained oozes. It is likely to be functionally similar to a seapen field. Gage (1986)...
The Canyons MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Please note, as of 13 June 2022, new fisheries management measures are in force for The Canyons Marine Conservation Zone. For more information about these fisheries measures, please visit the gov.uk w...
Hatton-Rockall Basin MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Status: Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (Nature Conservation MPA)Situated in a deep-water basin to the far west of Scotland, the Hatton-Rockall Basin MPA supports a range of species adapted ...
Central Fladen MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Status: Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (Nature Conservation MPA)The Central Fladen MPA lies within the Fladen Grounds, a large area of mud in the northern North Sea. The mud habitat is char...
M.AtUB.Mu.BurOph Burrowing ophiuroid community on Atlantic upper bathyal mud
Published date 2015-03This broad community consisting of assemblages characterised by brittle stars (ophiuroids) that bury in soft sediments with on the tips of the arms visible at the surface. Species may differ with dept...
Marsha Ramroop
Published date 2025-02-01Role: Independent memberDate appointed: 1 February 2025 ProfileMarsha Ramroop is a global award-winning inclusion strategist, author, and speaker with a passion for driving change in the built and nat...
David Cooper
Published date 2025-06-01Role: Independent ChairDate appointed: 1 June 2025ProfileDr David Cooper is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Martin School, the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the University of Oxford. He played...