The Morte Platform MCZ is an inshore site that covers an area of around 25 km2. It is located in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea region and lies approximately 5 km off the coast of north Devon.
Morte Platform contains a mix of habitats that is rarely represented elsewhere in the UK, primarily due to the high tidal flows, high sediment content within the water column, and the mosaic of sediment and rock ridges within the site.
Subtidal sediment provides important nursery grounds for many ecologically and commercially important fish such as flatfish (e.g. sole and plaice), seabass and sand eel (an important prey species for seabirds such as puffin and guillemots) as well as supporting nationally rare Ross worm reefs. Circalittoral rock habitats support a range of marine life, including worms, sponges, soft and hard corals, bryozoans, small, filter feeding animals and mobile species in more sheltered areas.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-conservation-zones-morte-platform
