Annex I Reefs in UK waters (Open Data) (2019)

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This dataset contains all geospatial data that show the potential and high confidence mapped extents of Annex I habitat 'Reef' in UK waters, including any additional areas that should be considered reef for management purposes. Annex I reefs occur where rocky areas or concretions made by marine animals arise from the surrounding seafloor.

Areas of protected reef can be viewed on the JNCC MPA Mapper: https://jncc.gov.uk/mpa-mapper

Additional information source: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1448

Data and resources

Unnamed resource

HTML Open
Annex I Reefs in UK offshore waters (2019) ÔÇô methods document

Method Document for dataset

HTML Open
uk_reefs_v8

Annex I Reefs in UK waters (2019)

WMS Open
EMODnet Seabed Habitats download

ZIP Open

Additional information

Temporal extent	1968-01-01 – 2018-12-31
Date (publication)	2019-09-17
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Available under the Open Government Licence v3. Attribution statement "Contains JNCC data ┬® copyright and database right 2019"
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show