Coastal and Transitional
Last updated: 15 December 2009
The quality of coastal and transitional water bodies can be viewed on the interactive web map
. Objectives for their improvement and protection can also be accessed there.
Read about how we classified coastal and transitional waters:
- Ards Peninsula Classification (.PDF 720Kb)
- Belfast Harbour Classification (.PDF 715Kb)
- Belfast Lough Inner Classification (.PDF 607Kb)
- Belfast Lough Outer Classification (.PDF 630Kb)
- Dundrum Bay Inner Classification (.PDF 682Kb)
- Dundrum Bay Outer Classification (.PDF 862Kb)
- Larne Lough Mid Classification (.PDF 608Kb)
- Larne Lough North Classification (.PDF 566Kb)
- Larne Lough South Classification (.PDF 793Kb)
- Maidens Classification (.PDF 382Kb)
- North Channel Classification (.PDF 580Kb)
- North Coast Classification (.PDF 582Kb)
- Rathlin Classification (.PDF 851Kb)
- Strangford Narrows Classification (.PDF 879Kb)
- Strangford North Classification (.PDF 1.28Mb)
- Strangford South Classification (.PDF 1.37Mb)
- Quoile Pondage Classification (.PDF 834Kb)
- Connswater Transitional Waterbody Classification (.PDF 465Kb)
- Lagan Classification (.PDF 480Kb)
- Macroalgae - Reduced Species List - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 121Kb)
- Fish Classification Index - Transitional Waters (.PDF 144Kb)
- Angiosperms - Seagrass - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 101Kb)
- Benthic Invertebrates - Infaunal Quality Index - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 137Kb)
- Benthic Invertebrates - Imposex - Coastal Waters (.PDF 97Kb)
- Macroalgae - Macroalgal Blooming Tool - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 118Kb)
We have set objectives to deliver improvement in water quality and detailed what we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (.PDF 202Kb).
Read more about the programme of measures we will use to make these improvements to the water environment.
