2015 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Laxford marine sedimentary and rocky reefs Site Condition Monitoring survey

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• Last updated: 16 June 2025
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Summary

Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) was inaugurated in the Loch Laxford SAC in 2009. In 2015, a subset of survey sites were selected to represent good geographical coverage of the SAC from the baseline monitoring sites that were established and examined in 2009. The aim of this study was to (1) identify any deterioration in the condition of the protected marine features 'large shallow inlets and bays' and 'reefs', and (2) to form a judgement on their current condition. This work consisted of a drop down video drift survey at 70 sites and a detailed reef and mixed reef/sediment habitat survey along 3 relocatable transects. A maerl bed dive transect survey was carried out at the same 3 maerl bed sites examined in the baseline survey. This survey was opportunistic, representing a contingency plan to utilize poor weather conditions on a scheduled cruise, hence the reduced scope of the survey to examine a subset of the baseline monitoring sites established in 2009. Survey work was carried out from the vessel MV Halton.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2025-06-10
• Access contraints: Not for navigational use; This survey recorded no species or biotope occurences that SNH consider as sensititive; all records may therefore be released in response to requests covered by Environmental Information Regulations of Freedom of Information Regulations; SNH copyright data - its re-use and dissemination is permissable under Open Government Licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. Any re-use of this data will acknowledge the copyright owner.
• Harvest GUID: aad6db5c304d473a03dbdfeb46a87c38
• Extent: Latitude: 58.4329° to °
• Extent: Longitude: -5.1483° to -5.0240°
• Dataset reference date: 2017-01-01 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (owner, originator); NatureScot (HQ Inverness) (custodian); Colin Moore (originator); Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) (distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
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