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Division 3.3 The conservation objectives of this site are:

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  • Subject to natural change, to maintain:

    • The extent of the bedrock reef habitat and the diversity of the habitat and it’s component species

    • The community structure of the habitat (e.g. population structure of individual notable species and their contribution to the functioning of the ecosystem)

    • The natural environmental quality (e.g. water quality, suspended sediment levels, etc)

    • The natural environmental processes (e.g. biological and physical processes that occur naturally in the environment, such as water circulation and sediment deposition should not deviate from baseline at time of designation)f1

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Natural England formal site advice: www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/marine/mpa/ems/submitted.