 web.jpg "Spiny spider crab (Credit Paul Naylor)")
Spiny spider crab (Credit Paul Naylor)
Habitats here include a kelp forest which provides shelter for many species including the European spider crab.
Trevone and Trebetherick host the most extensive rocky shores on the north Cornwall coast.
Stretching from the shore line to around 50m deep, this inshore recommended MCZ includes a number of very different marine habitats, ranging from sandy bays to rocky shores to kelp forests.
Trevone and Trebetherick host the most extensive rocky shores on the north Cornwall coast. All manner of marine plants and animals live here, including algae grazing limpets, filter feeding mussels and barnacles. The rare Celtic sea slug has even been recorded at Trebetherick.
The Bull near Trevose Head offers a different marine community altogether; a kelp forest provides shelter for many species including fish and crustaceans such as the crawfish and European spider crab. Blue mussel beds are also found here. Bottlenose dolphins have been recorded using the area and Moule Island, off the Rumps, is home to the largest nesting colony of puffins in Cornwall.
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 putting in place appropriate management as soon as possible:
This site is proposed for designation in 2013 for the intertidal rock, pink sea fan and spiny lobster found within the site. Defra have indicated that further work is required before the other features recommended by stakeholders are put forward for designation. This site has been identified as at risk by Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to the presence of sensitive features, in particular the spiny lobster which is highly sensitive an subject to pressures within the site. The site has also been highlighted as being important for mobile species such as harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins as well as seabirds.
We need you to urge Defra to remain committed to designating this site in 2013 and putting in place appropriate management as soon as possible.
Other nearby MCZs
Camel Estuary Newquay and the Gannel
Location map
Padstow Bay and surrounds 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
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