Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura NCMPA - designation documents

This Nature Conservation MPA was designated to protect a resident population of common skate, the world’s largest species of skate.

The Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura NCMPA has been shown to support a good number of resident mature common skate that may also be breeding in the area.

One of Scotland’s largest NCMPAs, it encompasses a complex underwater landscape of channels and troughs created by glaciers during the last ice age.

Conservation objectives

Conserve the protected features of the Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura NCMPA

Protected features

Biodiversity: common skate

Geodiversity: Quaternary of Scotland – glaciated channels/troughs

Related link

Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area Order 2014

Document downloads

Marine Protected Area - Site Summary - Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura

pdf, 2.10MB

Marine Protected Area - designation map - Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura

pdf, 2.62MB

Marine Protected Area - Data confidence assessment - Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura

pdf, 3.26MB

Marine Protected Area - Detailed Assessment Against the MPA Selection Guidelines - Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura

pdf, 1.05MB

Marine Protected Area - management options paper - Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura

pdf, 1.95MB

Contact

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