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: Burrowed mud, fronts, minke whale, shelf deeps, white beaked dolphin

Geodiversity protected features: Quaternary of Scotland subglacial tunnel valleys and moraines; Submarine Mass Movement slide scars

For more information, please visit Planning Scotland’s Seas: 2013 Possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas Consultation Overview