Policy paper

Highly Protected Marine Areas: North East of Farnes Deep

Information about the Highly Protected Marine Area designation at North East of Farnes Deep in the North Sea.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Map of the North East of Farnes Deep HPMA

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North East of Farnes Deep is an offshore Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA).

It is situated beyond the 12 nautical mile territorial sea limit in the Northern North Sea Region. At its closest, it is approximately 55km from the coast to the east of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

We designated North East of Farnes Deep as a HPMA on 14 June 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 5 July 2023

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