 web.jpg "Common lobster (Credit Paul Naylor)")
Common lobster (Credit Paul Naylor)
The area is of high biological productivity and provides important foraging grounds for marine birds and mammals.
North of Celtic Deep is a feeding ground for all sorts of amazing animals, including passing whales and dolphins!
North of Celtic Deep is the most southerly MCZ in the Irish Sea. It borders the territorial waters of both Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
The deep water sediments in this zone support richly diverse and abundant populations of marine invertebrates. Worms, clams and crustaceans such as lobsters are present in large numbers and in turn provide food for fish populations.
The North of Celtic Deep area is also recognised as important for foraging seabird species such as the gannet, Manx shearwater, fulmar, guillemot and the charismatic puffin. Protection of such foraging sites will aid healthy, flourishing breeding seabird colonies on the Welsh coastline.
This recommended Marine Conservation Zone has been put forward for potential designation in 2013, government consultation pending.
We need you to urge Defra to remain committed to designating this site in 2013 and to putting in place appropriate management as soon as possible.
This site is proposed for designation in 2013 for two of the habitats recommended by stakeholders (the moderate energy coastal rock and subtidal sand). However, Defra has indicated that it require additional evidence before designating the site for the remaining habitats and species recommended by stakeholders.
We need you to urge Defra to remain committed to designating this site in 2013 and to putting in place appropriate management as soon as possible. Defra also carried out additional survey work in this site in 2012 - that has not been taken into account in this consultation. We need you to urge Defra to use this data as soon as possible to consider designation of those remaining habitats recommended by the Irish Sea stakeholders.
Other nearby MCZs
Celtic Deep East of Celtic Deep South of Celtic Deep
Location map
North of Celtic Deep recommended MCZ is located in the map below.
Contains UKHO Law of the Sea data. Crown copyright and database right and
contains Ordnance Survey Data Crown copyright and database 2012
Securing the benefits of the Marine Conservation Zone Network: A Case Study of North of Celtic Deep recommended Marine Conservation Zone
See below for a case study produced by the University of Plymouth to look at quantifying the benefits of Marine Conservation Zones.
Downloads
| Filename | File size |
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| North of Celtic Deep.pdf | 289.74 KB |
| North of Celtic Deep Benefits Assessment.pdf | 832.44 KB |