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East of Haig Fras MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Please 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...
South-West Deeps (West) MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)Please be advised that a MPA monitoring survey is happening in South West Deeps (West) MCZ over the period Tuesday 13 May 2025 to Tuesday 27 May 2025.South-West D...
SS.SCS.ICS.HeloMsim Hesionura elongata and Microphthalmus similis with other interstitial polychaetes in infralittoral mobile coarse sand
Published date 2015-03On infralittoral sandbanks and sand waves and other areas of mobile medium-coarse sand, populations of interstitial polychaetes may be found. These habitats consist of loosely packed grains of sand fo...
SS.SMp.KSwSS.SlatGraFS Saccharina latissima, Gracilaria gracilis and brown seaweeds on full salinity infralittoral sediment
Published date 2015-03Shallow kelp community found on muddy sand, in moderately exposed or sheltered, fully marine conditions, with weak tidal currents. The community is characterised by a reasonable covering of Saccharina...
LS.LSa.FiSa.Po.Mten Polychaetes and Macomangulus tenuis in littoral fine sand
Published date 2015-03This biotope occurs on the mid and lower shore on moderately wave-exposed and sheltered coasts, with predominantly fine sand which remains damp throughout the tidal cycle. The sediment is often ripple...
South West Approaches to the Bristol Channel MPA
Published date 2025-05-22Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)South West Approaches to the Bristol Channel MCZ is located in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea region, off the northern coast of Cornwall.Although primarily of...
M.AtMA.Mu.CriCom.ThaJun Thaumatocrinus jungerseni assemblage on Atlantic mid abyssal mud
Published date 2015-03Hughes and Gage (2004) describe this biotope from the mouth of Rockall Trough at 3580m dominated by the comatulid crinoid Thaumatocrinus jungerseni on fine silt or pelagic ooze. It is possible that th...
M.AtMB.Ro.SpaEnc Sparse encrusting community on Atlantic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata
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.AtLB.Bi.CorRee.SolFra Mixed coral assemblage on Atlantic lower bathyal Solenosmilia reef framework (biogenic structure)
Published date 2015-03This biotope is found on mostly dead Solenosmilia variabilis framework and is characterised by dense growths of corals of many difference species including Isididae, Anthomastus grandiflorus, zoanthi...
M.AtUB.Sa.SurOph Surface dwelling ophiuroid community on Atlantic upper bathyal sand
Published date 2015-03This broad community consisting of assemblages characterised by brittle stars (ophiuroids) which lie on the surface of the seabed. They can occur in isolation or be overlain onto other broad communiti...