The Scottish Government’s MPA proposal for this site has been delayed. Save Scottish Seas campaign members urge the Scottish Government to commit to extending the MPA network to properly protect vulnerable species and nationally important populations currently excluded from the proposals.
Biodiversity protected features: Circalittoral sands and mixed sediment communities, northern sea fan and sponge communities, shelf banks and mounds
Geodiversity protected features: Quaternary of Scotland (components to be confirmed)