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Guidance: Irish Sea marine area site packages

Natural England

May 9
15:00 2023

Marine conservation advice: package status interactive map

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Use the interactive map attached to this page to find out the status of each marine advice package.

Packages marked not yet available on the map have not been updated on the Designated Sites System but advice may still exist. These sites are not listed on this page.

You can search for all sites on the Designated Sites View site search. This will include links to any existing advice.

Advice packages are listed alphabetically.

Advice packages in the Irish Sea

Allonby Bay Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0028) Draft

Cumbria Coast Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0005) Formal

Drigg Coast Special Area of Conservation (UK0013031) Formal

Fylde Marine Conservation Zone(UKMCZ0007) Formal

Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area (UK9020294) Formal

Mersey Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9005131) Formal

Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore Special Protection Area (UK9020287) Formal

Morecambe Bay Special Area of Conservation (UK0013027) Formal

Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9020326) Formal

Ribble and Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area (UK9005103) Formal

Shell Flat and Lune Deep Special Area of Conservation (UK0030376) Formal

Solway Firth Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0069) Draft

West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0045) Formal

Published 30 March 2017
Last updated 9 May 2023 +show all updates
  1. Added new site with formal status - Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl SPA

  2. Added new site with draft status - Solway Firth Marine Conservation Zone.

  3. One new site added with 'draft' status: Allonby Bay MCZ.

  4. Change of status from 'draft' to 'formal' for: Fylde MCZ; Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary SPA; Shell Flat and Lune Deep SAC. Removed PDF map and replaced it with a link to the ArcGIS interactive map.

  5. Map updated. New draft site added: Fylde MCZ.

  6. Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary SPA added. West of Walney MCZ now at formal stage.

  7. Morecambe Bay status changed from 'draft' to 'formal'. Designation for Shell Flat and Lune Deep changed from SCI to SAC. Updated map.

  8. Map updated; 2 new sites added.

  9. First published.

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