[GB001083] Pobie Bank Reef (East of Shetland) Annex I Reef Type

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) surveys were comissioned in 2005/06 by the Department of Trade & Industry (now Department for Energy and Climate Change). These surveys, in which JNCC collaborated, acquired multibeam and sidescan sonar data. Ground-truthing data (seabed imagery and biological/sediment samples) was also collected. Although full coverage multibeam and sidescan data was not present for all locations where potential Annex I reef was indicated the available data has provided a good indication of the nature of Annex I reef habitat present within Pobie Bank Reef SAC.Data from the SEA surveys were subsequently analysed to idenitfy areas of Annex I Reef within the Pobie Bank Reef SAC.