East of Haig Fras Marine Habitat Map: Broadscale EUNIS Classification

An updated habitat map from the integrated analysis of 2012 and 2013 survey data for the East of Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone. The map shows the seabed as a heterogeneous fine-scale mosaic of sand, coarse and mixed sediments, with mud in deeper areas. It was produced by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat distribution based on the described mosaic of sand, coarse, and mixed sediments.
• Analyzing seabed heterogeneity for conservation planning based on the fine-scale habitat mosaic.
• Training models to differentiate acoustic and topographical properties of marine sediments as described in the report.

Strengths

• Integrated analysis of two dedicated survey years (2012 and 2013).
• Maps specific EUNIS level 3 habitats like 'A5.1 Subtidal coarse sediment' and 'A4 Circalittoral rock'.
• Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:30.747208.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Integrated analysis of dedicated survey data from 2012 (CEND 3/12a) and 2013 (CEND 5/13).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:30.747208.

Geography

East of Haig Fras recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ)