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.
The Barra Fan and Hebrides Seamount MPA
Location: ICES area 6a
Measures: Demersal mobile gear prohibited from one zoned area. Demersal mobile gear and demersal static gear prohibited in one zoned area.
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
Demersal Static Gear
- Pots, traps, or creels: FIX and FPO
- Floated demersal longlines: LL, LLS, and LX
- Set or static nets: GN, GNC, GNS, GTN, and GTR
First Area (Demersal mobile and demersal static gear prohibited)
| Boundary Line | Set of co-ordinates of points which the boundary line joins | Topographic description of boundary line |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A to B | Geodesic |
| 2. | B to C | Geodesic |
| 3. | C to D | Geodesic |
| 4. | D to E | Geodesic |
| 5. | E to F | Geodesic |
| 6. | F to G | Geodesic |
| 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 | Parallel of latitude |
| 13. | M to N | Meridian of longitude |
| 14. | N to A | Parallel of latitude |
Where—
“A” is 56° 32.500' N, 010° 38.280' W,
“B” is 56° 33.519' N, 010° 36.697' W,
“C” is 56° 34.958' N, 010° 34.220' W,
“D” is 56° 35.982' N, 010° 31.569' W,
“E” is 56° 37.139' N, 010° 28.254' W,
“F” is 56° 38.375' N, 010° 19.791' W,
“G” is 56° 38.350' N, 010° 16.163' W,
“H” is 56° 38.415' N, 010° 11.312' W,
“I” is 56° 34.760' N, 010° 01.754' W,
“J” is 56° 30.828' N, 009° 54.815' W,
“K” is 56° 26.578' N, 009° 53.429' W,
“L” is 56° 21.500' N, 009° 57.980' W,
“M” is 56° 21.500' N, 010° 30.000' W, and
“N” is 56° 32.500' N, 010° 30.000' 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. | O to P | Geodesic |
| 2. | P to Q | Geodesic |
| 3. | Q to R | Geodesic |
| 4. | R to S | Geodesic |
| 5. | S to T | Geodesic |
| 6. | T to U | Geodesic |
| 7. | U to V | Geodesic |
| 8. | V to W | Geodesic |
| 9. | W to X | Loxodrome |
| 10. | X to Y | Loxodrome |
| 11. | Y to Z | Loxodrome |
| 12. | Z to AA | Loxodrome |
| 13. | AA to AB | Loxodrome |
| 14. | AB to AC | Loxodrome |
| 15. | AC to AD | Parallel of latitude |
| 16. | AD to AE | Loxodrome |
| 17. | AE to AF | Loxodrome |
| 18. | AF to AG | Loxodrome |
| 19. | AG to AH | Loxodrome |
| 20. | AH to O | Loxodrome |
Where—
“O” is 56° 38.350' N, 010° 16.163' W,
“P” is 56° 42.486' N, 010° 15.095' W,
“Q” is 56° 44.092' N, 010° 13.489' W,
“R” is 56° 44.984' N, 010° 06.529' W,
“S” is 56° 46.948' N, 010° 03.673' W,
“T” is 56° 47.126' N, 009° 57.606' W,
“U” is 56° 50.706' N, 009° 39.394' W,
“V” is 56° 50.711' N, 009° 08.003' W,
“W” is 56° 50.710' N, 009° 07.399' W,
“X” is 56° 42.525' N, 009° 04.131' W,
“Y” is 56° 39.004' N, 009° 05.881' W,
“Z” is 56° 35.817' N, 009° 10.966' W,
“AA” is 56° 33.938' N, 009° 12.587' W,
“AB” is 56° 25.407' N, 009° 10.749' W,
“AC” is 56° 21.500' N, 009° 11.847' W,
“AD” is 56° 21.500' N, 009° 57.980' W,
“AE” is 56° 26.578' N, 009° 53.429' W,
“AF” is 56° 30.828' N, 009° 54.815' W,
“AG” is 56° 34.760' N, 010° 01.754' W, and
“AH” is 56° 38.415' N, 010° 11.312' W
Contact
Email: Marine_biodiversity@gov.scot