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Vlakte van de Raan MPA

Sea basin

Country

Habitats: coastal/offshore

Single MPA or MPA network

Designation type

 Size (km2)

North East Atlantic Ocean

The Netherlands

Coastal

Single MPA

Natura 2000

190 km²

Main pressures on the environment

 

Fishing and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

Maritime traffic

Tourism and recreation

Dredging and dumping

Best practices from this site

Despite heavy pressure from tourism and fisheries, four areas in the Vlakte van de Raan Natura 2000 area have been closed to all forms of active bottom-disturbing fishing via the Fisheries Implementation Regulations for the purpose of studying the effects of shrimp fishing and beam trawling.

Contact
 

Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

Bob Rumes

bob.rumes@naturalsciences.be