UK MPA

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.
 
Project Publications
 
Complete copies of all reports generated by the UK Marine SACs Project can be accessed here as PDF files.
Detailed Marine Communities Reports:
Subtidal brittlestar beds - An overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Maerl - An overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Zostera biotopes - An overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Intertidal reef biotopes - An overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Biogenic reefs - An overview of dynamics and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Circalittoral faunal turfs - An overview of dynamics and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Infralittoral reef biotopes with kelp species - An overview of dynamics and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Intertidal sand and mudflats and subtidal mobile sands - An overview of dynamics and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Sea pens and burrowing megafauna - An overview of dynamics and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Summary Documents:
Marine habitat reviews - A summary of ecological requirements and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs
   
Activities:
Good practice guidelines for ports and harbours operating within or near UK European marine sites
   
Guidelines for managing the collection of bait and other shoreline animals within UK European marine sites
   
A review of the effects of fishing within UK European marine sites
   
Guidelines for managing water quality impacts within UK European marine sites
   
A review of the effects of recreation interactions within UK European marine sites
   
Guidelines on the impact of aggregate extraction on European marine sites
   
Investigating and managing water quality impacts in saline lagoons
   
Practical guidance:
Developing conservation objectives for European marine sites; learning from the UK Marine SACs Project
   
Indications of good practice for establishing management schemes on European marine sites
   
An evaluation of approaches for promoting relevant authority and stakeholder participation in European marine sites in the UK
   
Case Histories of the 12 demonstration sites
   
European marine sites ecological sensitivity and management requirements (Synthesis report)
   
Marine monitoring handbook
   
Other reports and papers:
UK Marine SACs Project Conference 15th November - conference programme
   
Hidden beneath the tides - An introduction to the wildlife and habitats of UK marine SACs
   
Requirement for conservation related information services
   
Project Newsletters
Edition 1 - Summer 1997
   
Edition 2 - Autumn 1998
   
Edition 3 -Winter 1998
   
Edition 4 - Summer 1999
   
Edition 5 - Autumn 2000
   
Edition 6 - Autumn 2001