Wild seaweed harvesting: strategic environmental assessment - environmental report
Investigates the sustainability and potential environmental impacts of wild seaweed and seagrass harvesting, maerl extraction and removal of beach-cast seaweed.
17. Appendix D: Protected Sites Supporting Sensitive Features
Table D1: SPAs Supporting Bird Features Sensitive to Harvesting Activities
| Feature |
Site |
|---|---|
| Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo), breeding |
Calf of Eday |
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Upper Solway Flats and Marshes |
|
| Eider ( Somateria mollissima), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Montrose Basin |
|
| Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch |
|
| Goosander ( Mergus merganser), non-breeding |
Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Great black-backed gull ( Larus marinus), breeding |
Calf of Eday |
| Copinsay |
|
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Hoy |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Guillemot ( Uria aalge), breeding |
Ailsa Craig |
| Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast |
|
| Calf of Eday |
|
| Canna and Sanday |
|
| Cape Wrath |
|
| Copinsay |
|
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Foula |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| Handa |
|
| Hermaness, Saxa Vord and Valla Field |
|
| Hoy |
|
| Marwick Head |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| North Caithness Cliffs |
|
| North Colonsay and Western Cliffs |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Noss |
|
| Rousay |
|
| Rum |
|
| Shiant Isles |
|
| St Abb's Head to Fast Castle |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| Sule Skerry and Sule Stack |
|
| Sumburgh Head |
|
| Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads |
|
| West Westray |
|
| Herring gull ( Larus argentatus), breeding |
Ailsa Craig |
| Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast |
|
| Canna and Sanday |
|
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| St Abb's Head to Fast Castle |
|
| Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads |
|
| Lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus), breeding |
Ailsa Craig |
| Forth Islands |
|
| Long-tailed duck ( Clangula hyemalis), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Moray and Nairn Coast |
|
| Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Upper Solway Flats and Marshes |
|
| Puffin ( Fratercula arctica), breeding |
Canna and Sanday |
| Cape Wrath |
|
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Foula |
|
| Hermaness, Saxa Vord and Valla Field |
|
| Hoy |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| North Caithness Cliffs |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Noss |
|
| Shiant Isles |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| Sule Skerry and Sule Stack |
|
| Razorbill ( Alca torda), breeding |
Cape Wrath |
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Foula |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| Handa |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| North Caithness Cliffs |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Shiant Isles |
|
| St Abb's Head to Fast Castle |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads |
|
| West Westray |
|
| Red-breasted merganser ( Mergus serrator), non-breeding |
Cromarty Firth |
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Moray and Nairn Coast |
|
| Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata), breeding |
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
| Foula |
|
| Hermaness, Saxa Vord and Valla Field |
|
| Hoy |
|
| Lewis Peatlands |
|
| Mointeach Scadabhaigh |
|
| Orkney Mainland Moors |
|
| Otterswick and Graveland |
|
| Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon |
|
| Rum |
|
| Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Scaup ( Aythya marila), non-breeding |
Cromarty Firth |
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Upper Solway Flats and Marshes |
|
| Shag ( Phalacrocorax aristotelis), breeding |
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast |
| Canna and Sanday |
|
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Foula |
|
| Hermaness, Saxa Vord and Valla Field |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| Shiant Isles |
|
| St Abb's Head to Fast Castle |
|
| Sule Skerry and Sule Stack |
|
| Teal ( Anas crecca), non-breeding |
Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet |
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Velvet scoter ( Melanitta fusca), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Moray and Nairn Coast |
|
| Wigeon ( Anas penelope), non-breeding |
Cromarty Firth |
| Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet |
|
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Inner Moray Firth |
|
| Montrose Basin |
|
| Moray and Nairn Coast |
Table D2: dSPAs Supporting Bird Features Sensitive to Harvesting Activities
| Feature |
Site |
|---|---|
| Black-throated diver, non-breeding |
West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
| Common scoter, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Solway Firth |
|
| Solway Firth |
|
| Eider, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
|
| North Orkney |
|
| East Mainland Coast, Shetland |
|
| West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
|
| Sea of the Hebrides, Coll and Tiree |
|
| Sound of Gigha |
|
| Goosander, non-breeding |
Solway Firth |
| Great northern diver, non-breeding |
Moray Firth |
| Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
|
| North Orkney |
|
| East Mainland Coast, Shetland |
|
| West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
|
| Sea of the Hebrides, Coll and Tiree |
|
| Sound of Gigha |
|
| Guillemot, breeding |
Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
| Guillemot, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Herring gull, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Solway Firth |
|
| long-tailed duck , non-breeding Puffin, breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
|
| North Orkney |
|
| East Mainland Coast, Shetland |
|
| West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
|
| Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
|
| Razorbill, breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Red-breasted merganser, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
|
| North Orkney |
|
| East Mainland Coast, Shetland |
|
| West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
|
| Sound of Gigha |
|
| Red-throated diver, breeding |
Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
| North Orkney |
|
| East Mainland Coast, Shetland |
|
| Bluemull and Colgrave Sounds |
|
| West Coast of the Outer Hebrides |
|
| Rum |
|
| Red-throated diver, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Solway Firth |
|
| Scaup, non-breeding |
Moray Firth |
| Shag, breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| Shag, non-breeding |
Moray Firth |
| Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow |
|
| North Orkney |
|
| Velvet scoter, non-breeding |
Firth of Forth and St Andrew's Bay Complex |
| Moray Firth |
|
| North Orkney |
Table D3: Nature Conservation MPAs Supporting Bird Features Sensitive to Harvesting Activities
| Feature |
Site |
|---|---|
| Black guillemot, breeding |
Clyde Sea Sill |
| East Caithness Cliffs |
|
| Fetlar to Haroldswick |
|
| Monach Isles |
|
| Papa Westray |
|
| Small Isles |
Table D4: SSSIs Supporting Bird Features Sensitive to Harvesting Activities
| Feature |
Site |
|---|---|
| Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo), breeding |
Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point |
| Calf of Eday |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Mochrum Lochs |
|
| Port o' Warren |
|
| Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles |
|
| Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Inner Clyde |
|
| Inner Tay Estuary |
|
| Longman and Castle Stuart Bays |
|
| Eider (Somateria mollissima), breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Isle of May |
|
| Montrose Basin |
|
| Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary |
|
| Goosander ( Mergus merganser), non-breeding |
Beauly Firth |
| Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast |
|
| Great black-backed gull ( Larus marinus), breeding |
Borgue Coast |
| Eilean Hoan |
|
| Hoy |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Guillemot ( Uria aalge), breeding |
Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point |
| Berriedale Cliffs |
|
| Bullers of Buchan Coast |
|
| Cape Wrath |
|
| Collieston to Whinnyfold Coast |
|
| Copinsay |
|
| Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo |
|
| Duncansby Head |
|
| Dunnet Head |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Foula |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| Gamrie and Pennan Coast |
|
| Handa Island |
|
| Hermaness |
|
| Hoy |
|
| Isle of May |
|
| Marwick Head |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Noss |
|
| Ramna Stacks and Gruney |
|
| Red Point Coast |
|
| Rousay |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Saxa Vord |
|
| Scare Rocks |
|
| Shiant Islands |
|
| St Abb's Head to Fast Castle |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| Stroma |
|
| Sumburgh Head |
|
| West Colonsay Seabird Cliffs |
|
| West Westray |
|
| Herring gull ( Larus argentatus), breeding |
Inchmickery |
| Lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus), breeding |
Inchmickery |
| Long-tailed duck ( Clangula hyemalis), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast |
|
| Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Puffin ( Fratercula arctica), breeding |
Cape Wrath |
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Forth Islands |
|
| Foula |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| Gamrie and Pennan Coast |
|
| Hermaness |
|
| Isle of May |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Shiant Islands |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| Staffa |
|
| Sule Skerry |
|
| Sumburgh Head |
|
| Whiting Ness - Ethie Haven |
|
| Razorbill ( Alca torda), breeding |
Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point |
| Berriedale Cliffs |
|
| Cape Wrath |
|
| Collieston to Whinnyfold Coast |
|
| Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Flannan Isles |
|
| Foula |
|
| Fowlsheugh |
|
| Gamrie and Pennan Coast |
|
| Handa Island |
|
| Mingulay and Berneray |
|
| Mull of Galloway |
|
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Shiant Islands |
|
| St Kilda |
|
| West Colonsay Seabird Cliffs |
|
| West Westray |
|
| Red-breasted merganser ( Mergus serrator), non-breeding |
Beauly Firth |
| Cromarty Firth |
|
| Eden Estuary |
|
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Inner Clyde |
|
| Longman and Castle Stuart Bays |
|
| Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast |
|
| Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata), breeding |
Graveland |
| Hoy |
|
| Mill Loch |
|
| Mointeach Scadabhaigh |
|
| Otterswick |
|
| Ronas Hill - North Roe |
|
| Tingon |
|
| Valla Field |
|
| West Mainland Moorlands |
|
| Red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata), non-breeding |
Firth of Forth |
| Inner Clyde |
|
| Scaup ( Aythya marila), non-breeding |
Eden Estuary |
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Upper Solway Flats and Marshes |
|
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), breeding |
Berriedale Cliffs |
| Bullers of Buchan Coast |
|
| Canna and Sanday |
|
| Fair Isle |
|
| Foula |
|
| Inchmickery |
|
| Isle of May |
|
| Sanda Islands |
|
| Scare Rocks |
|
| Shiant Islands |
|
| Staffa |
|
| Sule Skerry |
|
| Sumburgh Head |
|
| Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles |
|
| Whiting Ness - Ethie Haven |
|
| Velvet scoter ( Melanitta fusca), non-breeding |
Eden Estuary |
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Wigeon ( Anas penelope), non-breeding |
Cromarty Firth |
| Dornoch Firth |
|
| Firth of Forth |
|
| Longman and Castle Stuart Bays |
|
| Montrose Basin |
|
| Munlochy Bay |
Table D5: Designated sites with ornithological interests dependent on cast seaweed and/or intertidal seaweed beds
| Site |
Council Area |
|
|---|---|---|
| Internationally important |
||
| South Uist Machair & Lochs SPA (and SSSI) |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) |
ringed plover |
| North Uist Machair & Islands SPA (and SSSI) |
purple sandpiper ringed plover ruddy turnstone |
|
| East Sanday Coast SPA |
Orkney Islands |
|
| Sleibhtahn agus Cladadh Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands & Coast) SPA and SSSI |
Tiree, Argyll & Bute |
ringed plover ruddy turnstone |
| Nationally important [77] |
||
| Isle of May SSSI |
Fife |
purple sandpiper ruddy turnstone |
| Papa Stour SSSI |
Shetland Islands |
ringed plover |
| Rosehearty to Fraserburgh Coast SSSI |
Aberdeenshire |
purple sandpiper ruddy turnstone |
| Whiting Ness to Ethie SSSI |
Angus |
purple sandpiper ruddy turnstone |
Table D6: SACs Supporting Marine Mammal Features Sensitive to Harvesting Activities
| Feature |
Site |
|---|---|
| Harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina) |
Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan |
| Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
|
| Eileanan agus Sgeiran Lios mor |
|
| Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary |
|
| Mousa |
|
| Sanday |
|
| South-East Islay Skerries |
|
| Yell Sound Coast |
|
| Grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus) |
Faray and Holm of Faray |
| Isle of May |
|
| Monach Islands |
|
| North Rona |
|
| Treshnish Isles |
|
| Otter ( Lutra lutra) |
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
| Inverpolly |
|
| Loch nam Madadh |
|
| Rum |
|
| Sunart |
|
| Yell Sound Coast |
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