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Legend

	IFCA boundaries
	12nm limit
	Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
	Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
	Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs)
	Scottish NCMPAs
	Harbour porpoise SACs
Bylaws restricting demersal fishing
	Bylaws (not demersal)
Broad-scale habitats
	Reef
	Seagrass
	Sand
	Mud
	Mixed sediments

Data sources

Boundaries and protected areas

Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) boundaries downloaded from JNCC website and used under Open Government Licence for public sector information.

Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) boundaries downloaded from Natural England website and used under Open Government Licence for public sector information.

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) downloaded from JNCC website and used under Open Government Licence for public sector information.

Inshore fisheries regulator (IFCA) boundaries provided by IFCAs.

Scottish NCMPA data downloaded from Scottish Natural Heritage website.

Closed areas

Closed areas have been derived directly from byelaws. Landward components have been derived from Ordnance Survey Mean High Water (OS OpenData, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2015).

Background mapping

Background mapping is OpenStreetMap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Broad-scale habitats

Note: the data displayed on the map has been simplified to facilitate display.

For more detailed broad-scale habitat data, you can review the EMODnet broad-scale habitat map for Europe (www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu).

EMODnet/MESH habitat maps from survey (seagrass, sand, mud, mixed sediments)

JNCC Annex I reef (reef)

UKSeaMap (sand, mud, mixed sediments)

Other

Various datasets may have been derived from Ordnance Survey data, refer to individual data for terms of use.