Seagrass-Watch Magazine Issue 47 - March 2013 | Page 39

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Clockwise from the top: Spider Crab hiding in seagrass. Vehicle tracks scarring the meadow. Porth Dinllaen seagrass meadows.

The key idea of the project is to try and
safeguard the seagrass meadow with as
little impact on users as possible. The SAC
is aiming to get the balance right between
all users' needs and the environment. If we
can create attractions like a snorkel trail
that could benefit local business whilst
highlighting the conservation importance
of seagrass then hopefully we'll have a
better chance of success. The main aim of
this project is to safeguard the seagrass but
to do it by working closely with
stakeholders and the local community.

Porth Dinllaen
Porthmadog
v

Pen Llyn
GWYNEDD
Ynys Enlli
(Bardsey Island)

Barmouth

Machynlleth

Pen Llyn a’r Sarnau
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Pen Llyn a’r Sarnau represents a huge site encompassing
Pen Llyn (the Llyn peninsula) to the north and the Sarnau
reefs to the south, as well as the large estuaries along the
coast of Meirionnydd and north Ceredigion. Named after
the Welsh word for causeway, the Sarnau are three rocky
reefs that extend up to 24 km out to sea. The SAC covers 230
km of coastline and is the second biggest SAC in the UK!
Source: penllynarsarnau.co.uk

WALES
CEREDIGION

Scale 1:300,000

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