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.

Area values are rounded to the nearest Km² and percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

Table 4.1: MPAs for conservation purposes

Type	Number
Marine Protected Area (MPA)	31
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)	58
Special Protection Area (SPA)	47
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)	65
Ramsar	16
Total MPAs for conservation purposes	217

Table 4.2: MPAs for other purposes

Type	Number
Demonstration and Research MPA	1
Historic MPA	8

Table 4.3: The Scottish MPA network

Type	Number
MPAs for nature conservation	217
MPAs for other purposes	9
Other Area Based Measures	5
Total in Scottish MPA network	231

Table 4.4: Area coverage of nature conservation sites

Region	Region area (Km²)	MPA area (Km²)	MPA coverage
Inshore	90,407	22,022	24.4%
Offshore	528,337	86,772	16.4%
Total	618,744	108,794	17.6%

Table 4.5: Area coverage of spatial conservation measures

MSFD^[9] Sub- Region	Area in Scottish waters (Km²)^[10]	MPA area in Scottish waters (Km²)	% cover of measures
Celtic Seas	492,439	110,543	22.4%
Greater North Sea	126,305	24,255	19.2%

Table 4.6: Contribution to the OSPAR^[11] MPA network

OSPAR Region	Area in Scottish waters (Km²)	MPA area in Scottish Waters (Km²)	% MPA coverage Scottish Waters	% MPA coverage in whole region^[12]
Region I - Arctic Waters	29,394	21,460	73%	1.9%
Region II - Greater North Sea	203,333	24,918	12%	18%
Region III - Celtic Seas	80,513	20,219	25%	15%
Region V - Wider Atlantic	305,503	42,197	14%	8.3%

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