Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats

Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of habitats which are of "Principal Importance" for the purpose of maintain and enhancing biodiversity in relation to Wales. This list supersedes the duty in Section 42 of the NERC Act 2006. In addition to this marine habitats can be protected under the OSPAR Convention, which has established a list of "threatened and/or declining species and habitats" in the North-East Atlantic.

This spatial dataset details the extent and location of those marine habitats classed of "Principal Importance" under Section 7 and are regarded as "threatened or declining" under OSPAR in Wales. Habitats include: Carbonate Reefs, Estuarine Rock, Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata, Intertidal Underboulder, Mud habitats in deep water, Musculus Discors Green crenella Beds, Blue Mussel Beds (listed under OSPAR aswell), Fragile Sponge and Anthozoans (listed under OSPAR aswell), Horse Mussel Modiolus Bed (listed under OSPAR aswell), Intertidal Mudflats (listed under OSPAR aswell), Maerl Beds live and dead (listed under OSPAR aswell), Sabellaria spinulosa reef (listed under OSPAR aswell), Saline Lagoons (listed under OSPAR aswell), Saltmarsh, Seagrass Beds (listed under OSPAR aswell), Seapens And Burrowing Megafauna (listed under OSPAR aswell), Peat Clay Exposures (listed under OSPAR aswell), Sheltered Muddy Gravel (listed under OSPAR aswell), Subtidal Mix Mud Sediments (listed under OSPAR aswell), Tide Swept Channels (listed under OSPAR aswell), Oyster Beds (OSPAR only).

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Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Estuarine Rock Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Peat Clay Exposures Phase 1 derived Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Sheltered Muddy Gravel Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Mixed Muddy Sediments Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - OSPAR Potential Sabellaria spinulosa reef Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Fragile Sponge and Anthozoans Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Mixed Muddy Sediments Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Intertidal Mudflats Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Horse Mussel Modiolus Beds Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Horse Mussel Modiolus Bed Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Seagrass Beds Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Intertidal Mudflats Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Mud habitats in deep water Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Maerl Beds live and dead Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - OSPAR Seapens And Burrowing Megafauna Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Maerl Beds live Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Tide Swept Channels Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Blue Mussel Beds Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Musculus Discors Green crenella Beds Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Peat Clay Exposures Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolatat Reef polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Intertidal Underboulder Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Blue Mussel Beds Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Seagrass Beds Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Peat Clay Exposures Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Sheltered Muddy Gravel Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Mud habitats in deep water Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Carbonate Reefs Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Estuarine Rock Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Carbonate Reefs Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - OSPAR Sabellaria Spinulosa Reef Point
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Intertidal Underboulder Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Saltmarsh Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 OSPAR Saline Lagoons Polygon
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats - Section 7 Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata Reef Point