Summary statistics for different seabed carbon priority area scenarios.

Information is given for each seabed carbon priority area scenario on the overall spatial coverage, organic carbon (OC) stock, mobile bottom fishing landings value, cumulative OC disturbance due to mobile bottom fishing, and the estimated net reduction in OC disturbance after modelled fisheries displacement if priority areas were closed to mobile bottom fishing; each value is also shown as a proportion of the total across the UK EEZ (%). Three sets of priority areas were created using different thresholds in estimated OC stock and predicted OC disturbance due to mobile bottom fishing; these were based on targeting the highest 1%, 5% and 10% of values. See Figs 2–4 for location of priority areas.