Map of Scotland & Wester Ross Marine Protected Area (a maerl MPA )

Map of Scotland & Wester Ross Marine Protected Area (a maerl MPA )

Map of Scotland & Wester Ross Marine Protected Area (a maerl MPA )

See Scottish Natural Heritage’s map of Scotland showing Wester Ross MPA and other ‘maerl MPAs’  to help you locate us. Wester Ross is the largest Maerl Marine Protected Area in Scotland. Designated primarily to recover maerl.

For areas closed to scallop dredging in Scotland’s Seas see Open Sea’s chart here

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Maerl beds | NatureScot

For Marine Scotland’s submission to the ECCLR committee’s enquiry on Salmon Farming in Scotland – which shows the ‘Maerl’ MPAs which were designated primarily to recover maerl – see the link below:

Marine Scotland’s submission Salmon Enquiry (showing maerl MPAs)