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 18: St Kilda SAC Management Measures
Figure A18.1 - Map of proposed measures
Table A18.1 - Site level assessment of measures [47]
| St Kilda SAC |
Area (KM 2) |
As % |
|---|---|---|
| Site |
245.35 |
|
| Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets |
245.35 |
100% |
Table A18.2 - Qualifying feature assessment [48] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets
| SAC Qualifying Feature |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Reef |
Area (km 2) |
168.46 |
168.46 |
100% |
Table A18.3- Priority Marine Feature Added Value Assessment [49] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets
| Other PMFs |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrowing sea anemone |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| European spiny lobster |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediment |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Kelp beds |
Count |
38 |
38 |
100% |
| Northern feather star |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
| Northern sea fan and sponge communities |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Ocean quahog |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| Pink sea fingers |
Count |
1 |
1 |
100% |
| White cluster anemone |
Count |
5 |
5 |
100% |
Table A18.4 - Other Marine Habitat Added Value Assessment [50] - Protected from demersal trawls, mechanical dredge, suction dredge, beam trawls, and set nets
| Other Habitats |
Feature Records |
Records Included |
% Included |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbank communities |
Count |
16 |
16 |
100% |
| Circalittoral mixed sediment communities |
Count |
4 |
4 |
100% |