Citation: Irish Sea Study Group 1990 The Irish Sea: an environmental review. Part one: nature conservation. pp. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool
Editor: Irish Sea Study Group
Keywords: Conservation, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, Legislation, Littoral, Marine, Sublittoral
Abstract: This report is part one of a series of reports and considers nature conservation in The Irish Sea. It contains: 1. Introduction. 2. Coastal resources of the Irish Sea. 3. Offshore benthic communities of the Irish Sea. 4. Species populations. 5. Marine legislation. 6. Actual and potential changes in habitats and communities along the Irish Sea coast resulting from human activity. 7. Nature conservation and management in the Irish Sea. 8. Summary and recommendations. This report, and the accompanying material will serve: i. to identify those areas of outstanding conservation importance where management should be primarily for nature conservation. ii. to identify areas of more general wildlife interest where conservation of natural assets can be compatible with carefully planned development; iii. to elucidate some general principles of natural resource conservation and sustainable development of wide ranging application.