Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 27 March 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 1278W, which marine protected areas were not included in the list of areas provided but counted within the total of 180 sites reported in the Government's response to the Science and Technology Committee report Investigating the Oceans HC (2006-07) 470.
The information supplied to the Science and Technology Committee on around 180 marine protected areas differs from that given in the answer of
Habitats are considered to be 'marine' if they are covered (continuously or intermittently) by the sea. However, terrestrial sites can also be considered to have marine elements and interpretation of this criterion may lead to differences in reported figures.
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