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 15: Sanday SAC Management Measures
Figure A15.1 - Map of proposed measures
Table A15.1 - Site level assessment of measures [34]
| Sanday SAC |
Area (KM 2) |
As % |
|---|---|---|
| Site |
109.8 |
|
| Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets |
109.8 |
100% |
Table A15.2 - Qualifying feature assessment [35] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets
| SAC Qualifying Feature |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intertidal mudflats |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Intertidal mudflats and sands |
Area (km 2): |
6.87 |
6.87 |
100% |
| Low or variable salinity habitats |
Count |
7 |
7 |
100% |
| Seagrass beds |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Stony Reefs |
Area (km 2): |
179.38 |
179.38 |
100% |
| Subtidal sandbanks |
Area (km 2): |
20.23 |
20.23 |
100% |
Table A15.3 - Priority Marine Feature Added Value Assessment [36] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls and set nets
| Other PMFs |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black guillemot |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Horse mussel beds |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment |
Count |
11 |
11 |
100% |
| Kelp beds |
Count |
110 |
110 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities |
Count |
2 |
2 |
100% |
| Tide-swept algal communities and Kelp beds |
Count |
21 |
21 |
100% |
Table A15.4 - Other Marine Habitat Added Value Assessment [36] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets
| Other Habitats |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltmarsh |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Infralittoral mixed sediment communities |
Count |
4 |
4 |
100% |
| Circalittoral mixed sediment communities |
Count |
3 |
3 |
100% |
| Infralittoral fine mud communities |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |