List of shellfish water protected areas in England
Updated 9 May 2022
Applies to England
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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-framework-directive-shellfish-protected-areas/list-of-shellfish-water-protected-areas-in-england
This is the list which is referred to in Regulation 9 of The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.
| Shellfish water ID | Shellfish water name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Island |
| 2 | South East Wash |
| 3 | North East Wash |
| 4 | West Wash |
| 5 | Norton Creek |
| 6 | Blakeney |
| 9 | Butley River |
| 10 | Walton Backwaters |
| 11 | Osea Island |
| 12 | Blackwater |
| 13 | Tollesbury Channel |
| 14 | Salcott Channel |
| 15 | Strood Channel |
| 16 | Pyefleet |
| 17 | Colne |
| 18 | Dengie |
| 19 | Upper Roach |
| 20 | Roach and Lower Crouch |
| 21 | Upper Crouch |
| 22 | Foulness |
| 23 | Southend |
| 24 | Outer Thames |
| 25 | Swale Central |
| 26 | Swale East |
| 27 | Sheppey |
| 28 | Swalecliffe |
| 29 | Margate |
| 30 | Chichester Harbour (Emsworth Channel) |
| 31 | Chichester Harbour (Thornham Channel) |
| 32 | Chichester Harbour (Chichester Channel) |
| 33 | Langstone Harbour |
| 34 | Portsmouth Harbour |
| 35 | Southampton Water |
| 36 | Approaches to Southampton Water |
| 37 | Stanswood Bay |
| 38 | Lepe Middle Bank |
| 40 | Lymington and Sowley |
| 41 | Pennington |
| 42 | Yarmouth |
| 43 | Newtown |
| 45 | Cowes and Medina |
| 46 | Central Solent |
| 47 | Ryde |
| 48 | Spithead and Stokes Bay |
| 49 | Beaulieu River |
| 52 | Poole Harbour North |
| 53 | Poole Harbour South |
| 54 | Poole Harbour West |
| 55 | Poole Bay |
| 56 | The Fleet |
| 57 | Portland Harbour East |
| 58 | Portland Harbour West |
| 59 | Shambles Bank |
| 60 | Exe Estuary |
| 61 | Teign Estuary |
| 63 | Brixham |
| 64 | Dart |
| 65 | Salcombe |
| 66 | Bigbury and Avon |
| 67 | Yealm |
| 70 | Fowey |
| 72 | Ruan Creek |
| 73 | Fal Estuary |
| 74 | Carrick Roads |
| 75 | Penryn |
| 76 | Percuil |
| 77 | Helford River |
| 78 | Camel Estuary |
| 79 | Taw-Torridge Estuary |
| 80 | Taw Estuary |
| 81 | Torridge Estuary |
| 108 | Dee (East) |
| 109 | North Wirral (East) |
| 110 | North Wirral (West) |
| 111 | Ribble |
| 113 | Lune (Wyre Estuary) |
| 114 | Lune (Broadfleet and Plover Scar) |
| 115 | Morecambe Bay East |
| 116 | Walney |
| 117 | Roosebeck |
| 121 | Start Bay |
| 122 | Fowey (Wiseman’s Reach) |
| 125 | Thornham Harbour |
| 127 | Wells Harbour |
| 128 | Outer Exe |
| 129 | Morecambe Bay (Leven) |
| 134 | Duddon |
| 135 | St Austell Bay |
| 136 | Stoke Fleming |
| 137 | Deben |
| 138 | Weymouth Bay |
| 139 | Lyme Bay (East) |
| 140 | Lyme Bay (West) |
| 141 | Sandy Bay |
| 142 | Labrador Bay |
| 143 | Lantivet Bay |
| 144 | Lantic Bay |
| 145 | Mevagissey Bay |
| 146 | Porthallow |
| 147 | Porlock |
Maps of all designated shellfish water protected areas can be found on MAGIC. There may be a delay in changes being made to MAGIC.
All designations in coastal waters meet the definition of coastal water as set out in Schedule 1(2) of The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 – “coastal water” means surface water on the landward side of a line, every point of which is at a distance of one nautical mile on the seaward side from the nearest point of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured, extending where appropriate up to the outer limit of transitional waters.
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