All UK Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) with marine components

This spreadsheet contains the most up to date version of boundaries of inshore and offshore SACs with marine components, including sites that straddle the inshore/offshore (territorial seas) boundary. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) with marine components are defined on the basis of the presence of Habitats Directive Annex I habitat and/or Annex II species interest features that are associated with the marine environment. A list of these features can be found here http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4166 and the definition of SACs with marine components is set out in the following paper: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/MN2KPG16_13_MN2KDefs.pdf
 
The Annex I âmarineâ habitats were classified according to the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 in which âmarine areasâ are defined as those areas of land covered (continuously or intermittently) by tidal waters, or any part of the sea. The Annex II âmarineâ species were defined as those dependent on the marine environment for all or part of their lifecycle. Some species and habitats may only be associated with the marine environment under certain circumstances and in certain sites â this is described in more detail below.
 
One or more of these marine habitats/species must be present as a qualifying feature (see below) within the SAC for it to be defined as a SAC with marine components. Some coastal SACs may not contain any marine habitats/species and so these are not included here. Other coastal SACs may contain a mixture of marine and non-marine features â only the marine features are listed in this spreadsheet but the Non-marine interest features column on the SAC Sites worksheet indicates where additional non-marine features are protected in that site.

Data covers: Site code, Site name, Site status, Country, CP2 Region, Feature type, Qualifying marine interest features and Lay title or common name.

This dataset is supported by a shapefile available at: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/gis_data/terms_conditions.asp

本电子表格收录了最新版沿海和离岸特别保护区域（SACs）的边界，包括跨越沿海/离岸（领海）边界的地点。具有海洋成分的特别保护区域（SACs）是基于《栖息地指令》附件I的栖息地和/或附件II的与海洋环境相关的物种兴趣特征的共存而定义的。这些特征的列表可在此处查阅：http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4166，而具有海洋成分的SACs的定义可在以下论文中找到：http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/MN2KPG16_13_MN2KDefs.pdf。附件I的“海洋”栖息地是根据1994年的《保护（自然栖息地等）法规》进行分类的，其中“海洋区域”被定义为被潮汐水（连续或间歇地）覆盖的土地区域，或海洋的任何部分。附件II的“海洋”物种是指在其生命周期中全部或部分依赖于海洋环境的物种。某些物种和栖息地可能仅在特定情况下和特定地点与海洋环境相关联——这将在下文进行更详细的描述。一个或多个这些海洋栖息地/物种必须在SAC内作为合格特征（见下文）存在，才能将其定义为具有海洋成分的SAC。一些沿海SAC可能不包含任何海洋栖息地/物种，因此这些未被包括在内。其他沿海SAC可能包含海洋和非海洋特征的混合——本表格仅列出海洋特征，但SAC地点工作表上的非海洋兴趣特征列指示了在该地点保护的其他非海洋特征。数据涵盖：地点代码、地点名称、地点状态、国家、CP2区域、特征类型、合格海洋兴趣特征以及土地权利或通名。本数据集由以下地址提供的shapefile支持：http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/gis_data/terms_conditions.asp