2014 Environment Agency EA Subtidal Verification Survey Coquet to St Marys rMCZ
Description
The best available evidence on features for which some sites had been recommended as MCZs was of variable quality. Consequently, Defra initiated a number of measures aimed at improving the evidence base, one of which took the form of a dedicated survey programme, implemented and co-ordinated by Cefas, to collect and interpret new survey data at selected rMCZ sites. This report provides an interpretation of the survey data collected jointly by Cefas and the Environment Agency at the Coquet to St Mary's rMCZ site between January and September 2014.
The Coquet to St Mary's rMCZ is located in the northern North Sea, on the Northumberland coast (Figure 1). The inshore boundary of the rMCZ runs from Whitley Bay in the south to Alnmouth in the north and includes both St Mary's and Coquet Islands. The depth across the site ranges from 10 m above the mean low water mark and -30 m at its seaward extent, and covers a total area of 198.75 km2.
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