Monach Isles NCMPA - designation documents

Protecting a black guillemot breeding colony’s coastal feeding grounds is the main aim of Monach Isles Nature Conservation MPA.

The islands’ complex submarine landscape is also recognised by the NCMPA as an integral part of Scotland’s geodiversity. It was shaped by the passage of glaciers across the continental shelf at the end of the last Ice Age.

Conservation objectives

Conserve the protected features of the Monach Isles NCMPA

Protected features

Biodiversity: black guillemot

Geodiversity:

  • marine geomorphology of Scottish shelf seabed
  • Quaternary of Scotland – landscape of areal glacial scour

Related links

Monach Isles Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area Order 2014

Document downloads

Marine Protected Area - Site Summary - Monach Isles

pdf, 1.57MB

Marine Protected Area - designation map - Monach Isles

pdf, 16.85MB

Marine Protected Area - Data confidence assessment - Monach Isles

pdf, 4.89MB

Marine Protected Area - Detailed Assessment Against the MPA Selection Guidelines - Monach Isles

pdf, 1.23MB

Marine Protected Area - management options paper - Monach Isles

pdf, 1.47MB

Contact

Marine Protected Areas

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