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Background to the advice on noise management within harbour porpoise SACs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2020

Abstract

JNCC Report 653, 'Background to the advice on noise management within harbour porpoise SACs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland', was published in 2020 to accompany JNCC Report 654, 'Guidance on noise management in harbour porpoise SACs'; and JNCC Report 652, 'Consultation Report: Harbour porpoise SACs noise guidance'.

JNCC Report 653 sets out the background to the development of advice and guidance on managing activities resulting in noise and disturbance to harbour porpoise in SACs. It also addresses questions posed over the last couple of years of consultation with stakeholders clarifying the rationale behind the advice/guidance.

This report accompanies a series of associated JNCC resources. Please go to: Guidance on noise management in harbour porpoise SACs (2020); and New updated Effective Deterrent Ranges (2025) to access the resources and find out more.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2020·06·01

Citation
JNCC. 2020. Background to the advice on noise management within harbour porpoise SACs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. JNCC Report 653, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
This report accompanies JNCC Report 654 (Guidance on noise management in harbour porpoise SACs).

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2025·09·11

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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