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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
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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
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Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Bob Rumes
bob.rumes@naturalsciences.be