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Cumbria Coast is one of England´s Marine Conservation Zones. It was designated in 2013, and is currently one of three such zones off the coast of Cumbria.
The MCZ covers the stretch of sea from Whitehaven down to the mouth of the Ravenglass Estuary. It includes the sea off Sellafield (the nuclear fuel reprocessing and nuclear decommissioning site), and off St Bees Head.
Fauna
The MCZ protects underwater habitats and animals such as the honeycomb worm.
St Bees Head is an important breeding site for seabirds, although there has been some concern that the MCZ as originally designated does not protect enough of the their foraging grounds.
References
Cumbria Coast Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA