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Marine Conservation Zones

Nigel GoodingMarine Programme

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Outline

• Update on designating Marine ConservationZones in England

• Progress to date

• The first tranche of MCZs

• MCZs as part of a network of Marine

Protected Areas

• Next steps

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Where have we come from?

•Four Regional MCZ Projectsmaking 127 siterecommendations

• Extensive advice from

Natural England and JNCC• Impact Assessment

• Formal consultationgenerating 40,000+responses

• All responses and newevidence carefully analysedand evaluated

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First tranche of 27 MCZs

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MCZs complement the existing

components of the network: SSSIs

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SSSIs and SACs

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SSSIs, SACs and SPAs

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And with the first tranche of MCZs

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What next?•

Committed to completing our contribution to anecologically coherent network of MPAs

• Two further tranches of MCZs over the next threeyears, one by the end of 2015 and the second by theend of 2016

• Sites selected to complete the contribution to anecologically coherent network

• Not repeating the Regional MCZ Projects butengaging stakeholders throughout the process

• Full consultation on all proposals before designation

• More detailed plans will be provided shortly

• Review of reference areas to start soon

•Management measures

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