5. Inshore and shelf subtidal sediments
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Fireworks anemone
Pachycerianthus multiplicatus
Sea cucumbers Lapidoplax sp.
Sea pens Pennatula phosphorea,
Funiculina quadrangularis, Virgularia mirabilis.
Nephrops norvegicus
6. Subtidal rock
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Paul Kay
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Flame shell Limaria hians
Peacock worms Sabella pavonina
Serpula vermicularis reefs
Kelp forest understorey of Dead man’s
fingers, sponges and red algae
7. Scottish Government’s three pillars for
marine nature conservation
• protected sites
• protected species
• wider seas measures
(e.g. marine planning)
54. SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE
Established in 1992 through the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991
• Non-departmental Public Body (NDPB)
• Budget £58M (2012-13), SG-funded
• Over 600 members of staff
• 8 programmes of work
• 8 specialist functional units
• 7 operational units across Scotland
• 34 offices across Scotland
55. Delivery through eight programmes
• Socio-economic Development
• Biodiversity Action
• Protected Areas
• Land and Freshwater
• Wildlife management
• The Sea
• Climate Change
• People and Landscape