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 12: Lochs Duich, Long & Alsh MPA/ SAC Management Measures
Figure A12.1 - Map of proposed measures
Table A12.1 - Site level assessment of measures [28]
| Lochs Duich Long & Alsh MPA / SAC |
Area (KM 2) |
As % |
|---|---|---|
| Site |
40.93 |
|
| Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls |
40.93 |
100% |
Table A12.2 - Qualifying / protected feature assessment [29] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls
| MPA Protected Feature / SAC Qualifying Feature |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrowed mud |
Area (km 2) |
11.92 |
11.92 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Fireworks anemone) |
Count |
33 |
33 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Mud volcano worms) |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Seapens and burrowing megafauna) |
Count |
11 |
11 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Tall seapen) |
Count |
59 |
59 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud (Tall seapens and burrowing megafauna) |
Count |
53 |
53 |
100% |
| Burrowed mud or Inshore deep mud with burrowing heart urchins |
Count |
2 |
2 |
100% |
| Flame shell beds |
Area (km 2) |
0.94 |
0.94 |
100% |
| Count |
70 |
70 |
100% |
|
| Horse mussel reefs |
Count |
34 |
34 |
100% |
| Stony Reefs |
Area (km 2) |
15.37 |
15.37 |
100% |
Table A12.3 - Priority Marine Feature Added Value Assessment [30] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls
| Other PMFs |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue mussel beds |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Blue mussel beds & Low or variable salinity habitats |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Inshore deep mud with burrowing heart urchins |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment |
Count |
6 |
6 |
100% |
| Kelp beds |
Count |
17 |
17 |
100% |
| Low or variable salinity habitats |
Count |
13 |
13 |
100% |
| Maerl beds |
Count |
4 |
4 |
100% |
| Northern feather star |
Count |
6 |
6 |
100% |
| Northern sea fan and sponge communities |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Ocean quahog |
Count |
4 |
4 |
100% |
| Sea loch egg wrack beds |
Count |
6 |
6 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities |
Count |
25 |
25 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities and Kelp beds |
Count |
2 |
2 |
100% |
Table A12.4 - Other Marine Habitat Added Value Assessment [30] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge and beam trawls
| Other Habitats |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudflat / Sandflat communities |
Count |
9 |
9 |
100% |
| Sandbank communities |
Count |
7 |
7 |
100% |
| Saltmarsh |
Count |
27 |
27 |
100% |
| Infralittoral mixed sediment communities |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Circalittoral sandy mud communities |
Count |
13 |
13 |
100% |
| Infralittoral fine mud communities |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Circalittoral mixed sediment communities |
Count |
61 |
61 |
100% |