Sound of Arisaig cSAC: North Channel, Loch Moidart lifeforms map

The survey of the marine environment in the Sound of Arisaig proposed SAC was undertaken by the BioMar Project, at the University of Newcastle, under contract to SNH. The Sound of Arisaig has an unusually high diversity of sublittoral sediment habitats within a relatively small area, and has rich maerl beds. This study was to map the pSAC and undertake further detailed studies of the maerl beds. Acoustic techniques were used validated by biological sampling using towed video and scuba divers. The data was stored and analysed using GIS.