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Sustainable Seas for All: a consultation on Scotland's first marine bill

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ANNEX C: MARINE HABITATS AND SPECIES LISTED UNDER THE HABITATS DIRECTIVE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO SCOTLAND

Annex I Habitat

Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
Estuaries
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
Coastal lagoons
Large shallow inlets and bays
Reefs
Submarine structures made by leaking gases
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves
Annual vegetation of drift lines
Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand
Spartina swards ( Spattinion maritimae)
Atlantic salt meadows, ( Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs ( Sarcocornetea fruticosi)

Annex II Species

Bottlenose dolphin
Harbour porpoise
Grey seal
Common seal
Sea lamprey
Allis shad
Twaite shad
Otter

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