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Nature Conservation MPAs
Published date 2019-05-02Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a type of marine protected area that can be designated in Scottish territorial and offshore waters. Nature Conservation MPAs protect a range of na...
Marine habitat data product: UKSeaMap
Published date 2024-06-19The aim of UKSeaMap is to give a broad-scale overview of the coverage of different physical seabed habitats in the UK.It is a predictive map, which is useful to give a broad-scale overview of habitats...
Wight-Barfleur Reef MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for Wight-Barfleur Reef Special Area of Conservation (SAC). For more information about what these fisheries ...
West Wales Marine MPA
Published date 2023-03-31The West Wales Marine SAC is located off the coast of Wales, from the Llŷn peninsula in the north, to Pembrokeshire in the south-west, and has been identified as an area of importance for harbour porp...
Southern North Sea MPA
Published date 2023-03-31The Southern North Sea SAC has been identified as an area of importance for harbour porpoise. This site falls off the east coast of England and includes key winter and summer habitat for this species....
JNCC’s Environmental Pollution Programme team visits South Africa
Published date 2024-07-29In this blog post, Isabella Gosetto, Natasha Hunt and Saskia Mori from our Environmental Pollution Programme team tell us about a recent visit to South Africa.In March this year, members of JNCC’s Env...
Citizen scientists: a way forward to record habitat data?
Published date 2024-07-22In our latest blog post, Senior Ecosystem Analyst Maddie Harris, highlights a recent study, which explores the roles citizen scientists could play in recording habitat data. Recording habitat data is ...
Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that the conservation advice package for Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge SAC was published on 5 October 2023. As the site lies across the 12 nm territorial sea limit the adv...
East of Haig Fras MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Please be advised that, as of 22 March 2024, new fisheries management measures are in force for East of Haig Fras MCZ. For more information about what these fisheries measures are please see MMO Statu...
UK BAP
Published date 2024-05-09Please note that this information is for reference only; these resources are no longer directly related to active UK or country-level policy.The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP): 1992–2012The UK B...