2014 Consultation on the management of inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas - Consultation analysis report
2014 Consultation on the management of inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas - Consultation analysis report. Summary of the responses received relating to each site.
Appendix 9: Loch Laxford SAC Management Measures
Figure A9.1 - Map of proposed measures
Table A9.1 - Site level assessment of measures [8]
| Loch Laxford SAC |
Area (KM 2) |
As % |
|---|---|---|
| Site |
12.21 |
|
| Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls |
12.21 |
100% |
Table A9.2 - Qualifying feature assessment [9] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls
| SAC Qualifying Feature |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue mussel beds |
Area (km 2): |
0.01 |
0.01 |
100% |
| Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
|
| Burrowed mud (Seapens and burrowing megafauna) |
Count |
36 |
36 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Tall seapen) |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Tall seapens and burrowing megafauna) |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| European spiny lobster |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Horse mussel beds |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Inshore deep mud with burrowing heart urchins |
Count |
2 |
2 |
100% |
| Intertidal mudflats |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment |
Count |
46 |
46 |
100% |
| Kelp beds |
Count |
48 |
48 |
100% |
| Low or variable salinity habitats |
Count |
2 |
2 |
100% |
| Maerl beds |
Area (km 2): |
0.02 |
0.02 |
100% |
| Count |
18 |
18 |
100% |
|
| Maerl or coarse shell gravel with burrowing sea cucumbers |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Northern feather star |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Northern sea fan and sponge communities |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Ocean quahog |
Count |
7 |
7 |
100% |
| Sea loch egg wrack beds |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Stony Reefs |
Area (km 2): |
3.85 |
3.85 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities |
Count |
4 |
4 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities and Kelp beds |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |