Cumbria Coast

Cumbria Coast is one of England´s Marine Conservation Zones. It was designated in 2013, and is currently one of three such zones off the coast of Cumbria.

View of the South Head from the golf course at St Bees, Cumbria.

The MCZ covers the stretch of sea from Whitehaven down to the mouth of the Ravenglass Estuary.[1] It includes the sea off Sellafield (the nuclear fuel reprocessing and nuclear decommissioning site), and off St Bees Head.

Fauna

The MCZ protects underwater habitats and animals such as the honeycomb worm.

St Bees Head is an important breeding site for seabirds, although there has been some concern that the MCZ as originally designated does not protect enough of the their foraging grounds.[2]

See also

The other MCZs in Cumbria are currently:

References

  1. ↑ "Cumbria Coast". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Call to protect our seabird population". Whitehaven News. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

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