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Guidance

Irish Sea marine area site packages

Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.

From:
Natural England
Published
30 March 2017
Last updated
2118 MarchSeptember 20242025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Marine conservation advice: package status interactive map

https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e2bb368f17f1475dbcb3624b33cde076https://defra.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=6b59f9b1391443ee85f04f603bdde396

Details

Use the interactive map attached to this page to find out the status of each marine advice package.

Packages marked ‘not yet available’ on the map have not been updated on the Designated Sites System but advice may still exist. These sites are not listed on this page.

You can search for all sites on the Designated Sites View site search. This will include links to any existing advice.

Advice packages are listed alphabetically.

Advice packages in the Irish Sea

Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area Marine Conservation Zone (UKEHPMA001) Draft

Allonby Bay Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0028) Draft

Cumbria Coast Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0005) Formal

Drigg Coast Special Area of Conservation (UK0013031) Formal

Fylde Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0007) Formal

Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area (UK9020294) Formal

Mersey Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9005131) Formal

Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore Special Protection Area (UK9020287) Formal

Morecambe Bay Special Area of Conservation (UK0013027) Formal

Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9020326) Formal

Ribble Estuary Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0067) Draft

Ribble and Alt Estuaries Special Protection Area (UK9005103) Formal

Shell Flat and Lune Deep Special Area of Conservation (UK0030376) Formal

Solway Firth Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0069) Draft

West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0045) Formal

Wyre-Lune Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0074) Draft

Updates to this page

Published 30 March 2017
Last updated 2118 MarchSeptember 2024 + show2025 href="#full-history">+ show all updates

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Update history

2025-09-18 09:00
Added a new site with draft status – Ribble Estuary MCZ. Updated the interactive map URL.

2024-03-21 09:00
Added new site with draft status – Wyre-Lune Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0074).

2023-07-05 14:00
Added new site with draft status – Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area Marine Conservation Zone (UKEHPMA001)

2023-05-09 16:00
Added new site with formal status – Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl SPA

2022-03-29 09:00
Added new site with draft status – Solway Firth Marine Conservation Zone.