Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 5 December 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which sites he has designated marine protection areas; and if he will make a statement.
A range of current legislative measures provide protection to important marine species and habitats at key sites. We currently have 151 marine protected areas in UK inshore waters (within 12 nautical miles), which include:
72 special protections areas with marine habitats for birds;
76 special areas of conservation with marine habitats or species, and three statutory marine nature reserves.
The following list provides the names of these sites.
Special protection areas with marine components in UK waters
Aide-Ore Estuary
Bae Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen Bay
Benacre to Easton Bavents
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)
Chichester and Langstone Harbours
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)
Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3)
Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1)
Dungeness to Pett Level
Dyfi Estuary/Aber Dyfi
Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary
Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5)
Glannau Aberdaron and Ynys Enlli/Aberdaron Coast and Bardsey Island
Glas Eileanan
Gruinart Flats, Islay
Killough Bay
Laggan, Islay
Lindisfarne
Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren
North Uist Machair and Islands
Outer Ards
Ramsey and St. David's Peninsula Coast
Solent and Southampton Water
Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Tamar Estuaries Complex
Thames Estuary and Marshes
Traeth Lafan/Lavan Sands, Conway Bay
Upper Solway flats and Marshes
Ynys Feurig, Cemlyn Bay and The Skerries
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch
Special areas of conservation with marine components in UK waters
Aide, Ore and Butley Estuaries
Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan
Bae Cemlyn/Cemlyn Bay
Bann Estuary
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/Bae Caerfyrddin ac
Aberoedd
Chesil and the Fleet
Culbin Bar
Dee Estuary/Aber Dyfrdwy
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More
Drigg Coast
Dungeness
Eileanan agus Sgeiran Lios mór
Essex Estuaries
Faray and Holm of Faray
Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary
Glannau Môn: Cors heli/Angelsey Coast: Saltmarsh
Humber Estuary
Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs
Isles of Scilly Complex
Kenfig/Cynffig
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/Arfordir
Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru
Loch Moidart and Loch Shiel Woods
Loch nam Madadh
Loch Roag Lagoons
Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs
Luce Bay and Sands
Lundy
Mòine Mhór
Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and Marshes
Moray Firth
Morecambe Bay
Mousa
Murlough
North Norfolk Coast
North Uist Machair
Obain Loch Euphoirt
Orfordness—Shingle Street
Pembrokeshire Marine/Sir Benfro Forol
Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau/Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries
Rathlin Island
Sanday
Severn Estuary/Môr Hafren
Sidmouth to West Bay
Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons
Solent Maritime
Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh)
South Uist Machair
South Wight Maritime
South-East Islay Skerries
St. Kilda
Strangford Lough
Sunart
Thanet Coast
The Vadills
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast
Tweed Estuary
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conway Bay
Yell Sound Coast
Marine nature reserves in UK waters
Lundy
Skomer
Strangford Loch
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