A map showing the location of Marine Protected Areas in Scottish waters as of December 2020.
In Scotland, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are areas of sea defined so as to protect to habitats, wildlife, geology, undersea landforms, historic shipwrecks, and to demonstrate sustainable management of the sea. As of December 2020, approximately 37% of Scotland's seas are covered by the Scottish MPA network, which comprises 244 sites in total.[1]
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InScotland, MarineProtectedAreas (MPAs) are areas of sea defined so as to protect to habitats, wildlife, geology, undersea landforms, historic shipwrecks...
Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest. In order to strengthen the protection of marineareas seventeen Nature Conservation MarineProtected Areas...
the Scottish Government consulted on a proposal to designate the Sea of the Hebrides a MarineProtectedArea (MPA). The designation was confirmed in December...
water, ...) is limited. The term "protectedarea" also includes marineprotectedareas and transboundary protectedareas across multiple borders. As of 2016...
in the Sound of Mull, directly below the castle. The wreck was finally dated to 1644. In 2013 the site was designated as a Historic MarineProtected Area...
sea area together form the Small Isles national scenic area, one of the forty such areasinScotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional...
types of protectedareas are focused on more than one of these areas. Besides protectedareas, a number of individual features are protected through other...
is designated as a national scenic area, one of 40 such areasinScotland which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure...
species present. In 2016 the seas around Fair Isle were designated as a MarineProtectedArea (MPA). As of 2019 it is the only MPA inScotland to be designated...
castle is a Historic MarineProtectedArea within which lie the remains of a wrecked 17th century warship, believed to be the Swan. In 1678, the 9th Earl...
designated as a Nature Conservation MarineProtectedArea (NCMPA) in 2014. The designation is in place to protect the lochs' burrowed mud and their flame...
Conservation MarineProtectedArea (NCMPA). The designation is in place to protect the feeding grounds of the islands' seabirds, as well as the marine geomorphology...
[citation needed] In 2014 Loch Fyne was declared a Nature Conservation MarineProtectedArea (NCMPA). The designation covers the entire loch northwards from...
Kinlochbervie (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Biorbhaidh, IPA: [ˈkʲʰaun̪ˠˈɫ̪ɔxˈpiɾivɪ]) is a scattered harbour village in the north west of Sutherland, in the Highland...
of seabirds. The Fetlar to Haroldswick Nature Conservation MarineProtectedAreaprotects 21,600 ha (53,000 acres) of sea. It completely surrounds Fetlar...
for Scotland Loch Sunart Aquaculture Framework Plan (Highland council report) Loch Sunart MarineProtectedArea Site summary leaflet - Scottish Government...
Sounds MarineProtectedArea". NatureScot. Retrieved 12 October 2020. "The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order...
Basin was declared a Nature Conservation MarineProtectedArea. The MPA is designated a Category IV protectedarea by the International Union for Conservation...
was found in 1960. The wrecks of the Kennemerland and the Danish warship Wrangles Palais (1687) lie within a Historic MarineProtectedArea. Due to their...
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