UK Marine SACs Info Net

The UK Marine SACs Project website was a vehicle for communicating and distributing the learning, knowledge and outputs from the UK Marine SACs Project to its wider audience. Since the project was completed in 2001, this website has been closed and all its documents and background information can now be accessed through the UKMPA Centre.

Fisheries

Guidance on the potential impacts of fisheries within European marine sites.

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    Annex I marine habitats
    Estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
    Fisheries associated with estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
    Large shallow inlets and bays, and sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time
    Fisheries associated with large shallow inlets and bays and sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time
    Reefs
    Fisheries associated with reefs
    Lagoons
    Submerged and partly submerged sea caves

    Grey and Common seals
    Bottlenose dolphin and Harbour porpoise
    Finfish - Allis Shad, Twaite Shad, Lampern, Sea Lamprey and Sturgeon
    Otter

Potential effects of static and drift net fisheries on seabirds

The information above has been sourced from:
Gubbay, S. & Knapman, P. A. 1999. A review of the effects of fishing within UK European Marine Sites. English Nature (UK Marine SACs Project). Pages 134.

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