Tiny, Remote Rockall Given Special Conservation Status to Protect Coral

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ALMOST 4,000 square miles of seabed beneath the stormy waters surrounding the tiny island of Rockall, more than 300 miles from the Scottish coast, are to be given special protected status to conserve a rare species of cold water coral.

And the status of Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is also to be given to a 45 mile long rocky ridge on the seabed, 180 miles north of Lewis, that was formed by icebergs at the end of the last Ice Age.

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Tiny, Remote Rockall Given Special Conservation Status to Protect Coral

Rockall is the most remote island in UK waters, and has previously been the subject of international dispute, with Ic...

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