Life

Conservation area

THE Irish Whale and dolphin Group has welcomed news that a proposed Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation for harbour porpoise in northern Ireland has been forwarded to the eU. The site at Skerries and Causeway SaC includes harbour porpoise as a qualifying

interest as well as the marine habitats reefs, sandbanks and submerged sea caves. IWDG said it fully supported the designation and has congratulated the northern Ireland environment agency for its hard work to get "this important designation through the process".