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Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 555 - Skånska Kattegat
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General information of MPA
Skånska Kattegat, Sweden
HELCOM MPA name:
Skånska Kattegat
HELCOM MPA national name
ID:
555
Country:
Sweden
Status:
Designated and managed
Date of MPA establishment:
22.12.2021
Date of last information update:
21.12.2023
Management authority name:
County administrative board
Management authority website:
www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane
Sub-basin(s):
Kattegat
Location:
Territorial Waters
Coverage:
Marine
MPA size (km²):
585.96
MPA marine size (km²):
585.96
MPA terrestrial size(km²):
0
Territorial Waters (km²):
585.96
Exclusive Economic Zone (km²):
0
Map view:
Map of the MPA
Selection criteria:
Important feeding area for species
Important migration route and resting area for species
Important reproduction area for species
Threatened or declining habitats based on quantity
Threatened or declining habitats based on quality
Threatened or declining species based on quantity
Threatened or declining species based on quality
Rarity of species or habitats
Sensitivity of species or habitats
Area with high natural biodiversity
Keystone species
Ecologically significant habitats
Representative area
Because of biological values
Because of marine values
To protect natural habitat types listed in Habitats Directive Annex I
To protect habitats of the species listed in Habitats Directive Annex II
To protect special protection areas classified by Member States under the Birds Directive
National protection status:
Naturreservat (Nature Reserve) (legal protection)
Stängda områden för fiske (Closed areas for fishing) (legal protection)
IUCN category:
IV
Natura 2000 sites:
SE0420360
(Natura 2000 status:Both SPA and SCI/SAC)
Emerald site (non-EU members):
Not reported
OSPAR area:
Skånska Kattegatt
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs):
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA ID):
Ramsar area:
Documents:
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Species in MPA
Skånska Kattegat, Sweden
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Scientific name
Ascending
English name
Species group
Species
status
Does the species
justify the site's
designation
as an MPA?
Performed
monitoring
Authorities
responsible for
monitoring
HELCOM
Red List
category
Link to
Species
Information
Sheet (SIS)
Link to
WORMS
Alca torda
Razorbill
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Aythya fuligula
Tufted duck
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
NT
SIS
WORMS
Aythya marila
Greater scaup
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Branta bernicla hrota
Brent goose
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
NT
SIS
WORMS
Bucephala clangula
Goldeneye
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Cepphus grylle arcticus
Black guillemot
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
LC
SIS
WORMS
Chlidonias niger
Black tern
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed duck
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
EN
SIS
WORMS
Cygnus cygnus
Whooper swan
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Cygnus olor
Mute swan
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Gavia arctica
Black-throated diver
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
CR
SIS
WORMS
Gavia stellata
Red-throated diver
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
CR
SIS
WORMS
Halichoerus grypus
Grey seal
Mammals
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
LC
SIS
WORMS
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Little gull
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
NT
SIS
WORMS
Hydroprogne caspia
Caspian tern
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Larus argentatus
Herring gull
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Larus canus
Mew gull
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Larus fuscus fuscus
Lesser black-backed gull
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Larus marinus
Greater black-backed gull
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Melanitta fusca
Velvet scoter
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Melanitta nigra
Common scoter
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
EN
SIS
WORMS
Mergus merganser
Common merganser
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Mergus serrator
Red-breasted merganser
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Pandion haliaetus
Osprey
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
Long-tailed cormorant
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Phoca vitulina vitulina (Southern Baltic subpop)
Harbour seal
Mammals
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
LC
SIS
WORMS
Phocoena phocoena (Western Baltic subpop)
Harbour porpoise
Mammals
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Podiceps auritus
Horned grebe
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
NT
SIS
WORMS
Podiceps cristatus
Great-crested grebe
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Podiceps grisegena
Red-necked grebe
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
EN
SIS
WORMS
Somateria mollissima
Common eider
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
VU
SIS
WORMS
Stercorarius parasiticus
Parasitic jaeger
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Sterna hirundo
Common tern
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Sterna paradisaea
Arctic tern
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
Sternula albifrons
Little tern
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
LC
SIS
WORMS
Tadorna tadorna
Common shelduck
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
LC
SIS
WORMS
Uria aalge
Guillemot
Birds
not reported
No
not reported
not reported
-
SIS
WORMS
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Biotopes in MPA
Skånska Kattegat, Sweden
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Biotope
code
Biotope
sublevel 6
code
Biotope name
(HUB or HELCOM 1998)
Does the biotope
justify the site's
designation
as an MPA?
Performed
monitoring
Authorities
responsible
for monitoring
HELCOM
Red List
category
Link to Biotope
Information
Sheet (BIS)
AB.H2T
Baltic aphotic muddy sediment characterized by sparse epibenthic macrocommunity
No
not reported
not reported
NE
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Biotope complexes in MPA
Skånska Kattegat, Sweden
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Code
(HD Annex 1)
Biotope complex name
Does the
biotope complex
justify the site's
designation as
an MPA?
Performed
monitoring
Authorities
responsible
monitoring
HELCOM
Red List
category
Link to
Biotope Complex
Information Sheet (BIS)
1110
Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
No
not reported
not reported
VU
BIS
1170
Reefs
No
not reported
not reported
VU
BIS
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Skånska Kattegat, Sweden
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Management plan name
Management
plan status
Implementation
date of first
management plan
Implementation
date of current
management plan
Regulated
activities
Intended revision
date of current
management
plan
Body(ies)
responsible for
management
Implemented monitoring programs
Contact details
Coverage of
management
plan
870
Bildande av naturreservatet Skånska Kattegatt i Höganäs och Båstad kommuner
Implemented
activities
not reported
Marine
871
Skötselplan för naturreservatet Skånska Kattegatt
Implemented
activities
not reported
Marine
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