Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area
56°26′N 5°34′W / 56.433°N 5.567°W / 56.433; -5.567
Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area is a Marine Protected Area (MPA) off the west coast of Scotland. The MPA, which covers 741 km2 (286 sq mi), includes the waters of Loch Sunart, the Sound of Mull, the Firth of Lorne and the Sound of Jura. It has been designated to protect the population of common skate and the area's quaternary geological features.[1] The MPA is designated a Category IV protected area by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[2]
Fishing activities are controlled within the MPA, and no suction dredging, mechanical dredging, beam trawling, demersal trawling or longline fishing is permitted.[3]
References
External links
- Site Summary Leaflet - Scottish Government
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- HMS Dartmouth
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- Mingary
- Out Skerries
- Central Fladen
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- East Caithness Cliffs
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- Firth of Forth Banks Complex
- Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope
- Hatton-Rockall Basin
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- Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura
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- Noss Head
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- The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount
- Turbot Bank
- West of Scotland
- West Shetland Shelf
- Wester Ross
- Wyre and Rousay Sounds
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