Publication - Progress report
Marine Protected Area Network - 2018 Report to the Scottish Parliament
A report to Parliament on progress being made in
implementing a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network.
Annex 1: MPAs designated since last report
The tables below list sites designated since 01 January 2013.
Table 1.1: Sites designated under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
| Purpose | Name | Size (Km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Nature conservation | Clyde Sea Sill | 712 |
| East Caithness Cliffs | 114 | |
| Fetlar to Haroldswick | 216 | |
| Loch Carron | 23 | |
| Loch Creran | 12 | |
| Loch Sunart | 49 | |
| Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura | 741 | |
| Loch Sween | 41 | |
| Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh | 37 | |
| Monach Isles | 62 | |
| Mousa to Boddam | 13 | |
| Noss Head | 8 | |
| Papa Westray | 33 | |
| Small Isles | 803 | |
| South Arran | 280 | |
| Upper Loch Fyne and Loch Goil | 88 | |
| Wester Ross | 599 | |
| Wyre and Rousay Sounds | 16 | |
| Demonstration and research | Fair Isle | 157 |
| Historic | Drumbeg | 0.05 |
| Mingary | 0.17 | |
| Kinlochbervie | 0.22 | |
| Out Skerries | 0.19 | |
| Dartmouth | 0.008 | |
| Duart Point | 0.013 | |
| Campania | 0.07 | |
| Iona I | 0.025 |
Table 1.2: Sites designated under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
| Name | Size (Km2) |
|---|---|
| Central Fladen | 925 |
| East of Gannet and Montrose Fields | 1,839 |
| Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt | 5,278 |
| Firth of Forth Banks Complex | 2,130 |
| Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope | 2,215 |
| Hatton-Rockall Basin | 1,256 |
| North-east Faroe-Shetland Channel | 23,682 |
| North-west Orkney | 4,365 |
| Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain | 164 |
| Rosemary Bank Seamount | 6,927 |
| The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount | 4,373 |
| Turbot Bank | 251 |
| West Shetland Shelf | 4,083 |
Table 1.3: Sites designated under The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994
| Name | Size (Km2) |
|---|---|
| Inner Hebrides and the Minches | 13,802 |
| Sound of Barra | 125 |
Table 1.4: Sites amended under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
| Site Name | Reason for amendment |
|---|---|
| Fetlar to Haroldswick | Both sites were re-designated to correct errors in the site boundary description. This did not change the accepted boundary, the area, or the protected features at either site. |
| Small Isles |
Table 1.5: Sites amended under The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
| Site name | Size (Km2) | Amendments |
|---|---|---|
| Braemar Pockmark | 11 | Site increased in size by 6.25 Km2 |
| Scanner Pockmarks | 7 | Site increased in size by 3.39 Km2 |
Contact
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