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Offshore Marine Protected Areas - fisheries management measures: supporting guidance on coordinates and restrictions:

Detailed guidance on site-specific fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas, including restricted gear types, gear codes, and precise area coordinates, to support compliance and promote sustainable use of marine resources in designated protected zones.


Stanton Banks SAC

Location: ICES area 6a

Measures: Demersal mobile gear prohibited from three zoned areas.

Gear types subject to restrictions

Demersal Mobile Gear:

  • Bottom trawl: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, and TB
  • Beam trawl: TBB
  • Seines: SDN, SSC, SPR, SX, and SV
  • Dredge (boat and mechanised): DRB and HMD
Figure 17: Map showing Stanton Banks SAC. Demersal mobile gear is prohibited from the three hatched zones.
This map shows Stanton Banks SAC. There are three hatched zones showing where demersal mobile gear is prohibited. An inset map shows the site location to the west of Scotland.

First Area (Demersal mobile gear prohibited)

Boundary Line Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins Topographic description of boundary line
1. A to B Loxodrome
2. B to C Loxodrome
3. C to D Loxodrome
4. D to E Loxodrome
5. E to F Loxodrome
6. F to G Loxodrome
7. G to H Loxodrome
8. H to I Loxodrome
9. I to J Loxodrome
10. J to K Loxodrome
11. K to L Loxodrome
12. L to M Loxodrome
13. M to N Loxodrome
14. N to O Loxodrome
15. O to P Loxodrome
16. P to Q Loxodrome
17. Q to R Loxodrome
18. R to S Loxodrome
19. S to T Loxodrome
20. T to A Loxodrome

Where—

"A" is 56° 23.667' N, 008° 14.200' W,

"B" is 56° 23.667' N, 008° 12.033' W,

"C" is 56° 24.800' N, 008° 11.283' W,

"D" is 56° 26.483' N, 008° 11.250' W,

"E" is 56° 26.467' N, 008° 08.150' W,

"F" is 56° 24.850' N, 008° 05.933' W,

"G" is 56° 25.333' N, 008° 02.367' W,

"H" is 56° 22.813' N, 008° 01.628' W,

"I" is 56° 22.583' N, 008° 06.983' W,

"J" is 56° 21.017' N, 008° 07.567' W,

"K" is 56° 20.429' N, 008° 06.912' W,

"L" is 56° 19.345' N, 008° 06.381' W,

"M" is 56° 18.705' N, 008° 07.174' W,

"N" is 56° 19.039' N, 008° 08.780' W,

"O" is 56° 18.793' N, 008° 09.179' W,

"P" is 56° 17.975' N, 008° 08.525' W,

"Q" is 56° 15.763' N, 008° 13.177' W,

"R" is 56° 16.217' N, 008° 15.467' W,

"S" is 56° 17.800' N, 008° 15.433' W, and

"T" is 56° 20.450' N, 008° 12.917' W

Second Area (Demersal mobile gear prohibited)

Boundary Line Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins Topographic description of boundary line
1. U to V Loxodrome
2. V to W Loxodrome
3. W to X Loxodrome
4. X to Y Loxodrome
5. Y to Z Loxodrome
6. Z to AA Loxodrome
7. AA to AB Loxodrome
8. AB to AC Loxodrome
9. AC to AD Loxodrome
10. AD to AE Loxodrome
11. AE to AF Loxodrome
12. AF to AG Loxodrome
13. AG to AH Loxodrome
14. AH to AI Loxodrome
15. AI to AJ Loxodrome
16. AJ to AK Loxodrome
17. AK to AL Loxodrome
18. AL to AM Loxodrome
19. AM to AN Loxodrome
20. AN to AO Loxodrome
21. AO to AP Loxodrome
22. AP to AQ Loxodrome
23. AQ to AR Loxodrome
24. AR to AS Loxodrome
25. AS to AT Loxodrome
26. AT to AU Loxodrome
27. AU to U Loxodrome

Where—

"U" is 56° 16.350' N, 008° 03.150' W,

"V" is 56° 17.525' N, 008° 01.803' W,

"W" is 56° 17.850' N, 007° 59.823' W,

"X" is 56° 19.045' N, 007° 57.750' W,

"Y" is 56° 21.043' N, 007° 48.447' W,

"Z" is 56° 20.100' N, 007° 46.000' W,

"AA" is 56° 17.583' N, 007° 42.733' W,

"AB" is 56° 19.200' N, 007° 37.167' W,

"AC" is 56° 18.517' N, 007° 33.933' W,

"AD" is 56° 16.433' N, 007° 33.533' W,

"AE" is 56° 13.633' N, 007° 35.150' W,

"AF" is 56° 05.000' N, 007° 52.900' W,

"AG" is 56° 02.117' N, 007° 53.717' W,

"AH" is 56° 03.616' N, 008° 01.198' W,

"AI" is 56° 02.935' N, 008° 02.710' W,

"AJ" is 56° 03.302' N, 008° 06.783' W,

"AK" is 56° 04.255' N, 008° 08.287' W,

"AL" is 56° 04.116' N, 008° 08.677' W,

"AM" is 56° 03.506' N, 008° 09.056' W,

"AN" is 56° 03.599' N, 008° 10.098' W,

"AO" is 56° 03.781' N, 008° 10.018' W,

"AP" is 56° 03.916' N, 008° 10.662' W,

"AQ" is 56° 04.500' N, 008° 10.650' W,

"AR" is 56° 04.549' N, 008° 10.343' W,

"AS" is 56° 05.350' N, 008° 10.633' W,

"AT" is 56° 05.317' N, 008° 06.100' W, and

"AU" is 56° 11.250' N, 007° 56.833' W

Third Area (Demersal mobile gear prohibited)

Boundary Line Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins Topographic description of boundary line
1. AV to AW Loxodrome
2. AW to AX Loxodrome
3. AX to AY Loxodrome
4. AY to AZ Loxodrome
5. AZ to BA Loxodrome
6. BA to AV Loxodrome

Where—

"AV" is 56° 21.870' N, 007° 46.354' W,

"AW" is 56° 22.850' N, 007° 44.433' W,

"AX" is 56° 21.583' N, 007° 42.600' W,

"AY" is 56° 20.661' N, 007° 44.072' W,

"AZ" is 56° 20.820' N, 007° 44.672' W, and

"BA" is 56° 21.332' N, 007° 44.996' W

Contact

Email: Marine_biodiversity@gov.scot

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