Guidance: Irish Sea marine area site packages

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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 Highly Protected Marine Area Marine Conservation Zone (UKEHPMA001) Draft

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

Wyre-Lune Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0074) Draft

Published 30 March 2017
Last updated 21 March 2024 +show all updates

21 March 2024
Added new site with draft status - Wyre-Lune Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0074).
5 July 2023
Added new site with draft status - Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area Marine Conservation Zone (UKEHPMA001)
9 May 2023
Added new site with formal status - Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl SPA
29 March 2022
Added new site with draft status - Solway Firth Marine Conservation Zone.
28 September 2021
One new site added with 'draft' status: Allonby Bay MCZ.
25 September 2019
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.
27 March 2019
Map updated. New draft site added: Fylde MCZ.
26 September 2018
Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary SPA added. West of Walney MCZ now at formal stage.
28 March 2018
Morecambe Bay status changed from 'draft' to 'formal'. Designation for Shell Flat and Lune Deep changed from SCI to SAC. Updated map.
27 September 2017
Map updated; 2 new sites added.
30 March 2017
First published.

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