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: Basking shark, fronts, minke whale.

Geodiversity protected features: Marine Geomorphology of the Scottish Shelf Seabed (components to be confirmed).

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