Marine Biodiversity Data Portal - NI

Northern Ireland Priority Marine Habitats

Below are links to the marine priority habitats that are found around the Northern Ireland coast. These broad scale habitats are protected across a network of regional Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and are managed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

Fragile Sponge and Anthozoan Communities on Rocky Habitats	Subtidal Chalk	Tide-swept Channels	Horse Mussel Beds	Maerl Beds
Sheltered Muddy Gravels (Mixed Sediments)	Subtidal Sands and Gravel	Mud Habitats in Deep Water	Seagrass Beds	Blue Mussel Beds
Estuarine Rocky Habitats	Intertidal Chalk	Intertidal Underboulder Communities	Sabellaria alveolata Reefs	Intertidal Mud Flats
Peat and Clay Exposures with Piddocks	Saline Lagoons	Coastal Saltmarsh