MCZs in England, Wales & Northern Ireland, and MPAs in Scotland

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Link: Marine Conservation Zones in England, Wales & Northern Ireland, and Marine Protected Areas (MPZs) in Scotland

 

This site intends to show the public, journalists and politicians Marine Protected Area management and governance in places set up to protect our important wildlife hotspots. We have promoted it to international practitioners. Whilst there has been progress within the IFCAs to get regulations in place, there has been an inability & reluctance to get regulations in place in offshore sites (outside 12nm) up until the end of 2020.

 

Given the data from our understanding of MPAs in relation to effective ecosystem-based fisheries management in English waters (that at least require bottom trawl and scallop dredge closures), as of the end of September 2020, of the current 66,507km² of MPAs, only 4,811km²(7.2%) is permanently protected from all types of bottom towed fishing gears. Of England’s entire sea area (241,576km²), 4,811km2 is only 2%.