2012 North of Celtic Deep rMCZ Survey Habitat Map

The North of Celtic Deep rMCZ survey was carried out during 7th-9th February 2012 on the RV CEFAS Endeavour cruise CEND 03/12. The survey team for the duration of the fieldwork included Cefas marine ecologists, marine surveyors, marine habitat mappers and GIS specialists along with MPA specialists from the JNCC. The North of Celtic Deep rMCZ is located between Welsh territorial waters and Republic of Ireland offshore waters, 12 nm from the Welsh coast. It is the most southerly MCZ in the Irish Sea Conservation Zone. A number of Broad Scale Habitat (BSH) features and Features of Conservation Interest (FOCI) have been proposed by the regional project for designation within the rMCZ, and a number of additional FOCI had been noted as being recorded within the rMCZ, but there was insufficient confidence in the records to warrant including them as features proposed for designation. Report Available: X:\OffshoreSurvey\SurveyData\2012_02_RVCefasEndeavour_MCZVerification_CEND_3_12_a orth_celtic_deep_v1\cruise_documentation\NCLD_cend0312\cruise_report