Margaritifera Sensitive Areas Map

Published by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

This project contains NPWS GIS files relevant to the distribution of Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) and Nore Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera durrovensis) in Ireland. Both species are listed in Annex II and Annex V of the EU Habitats Directive.

The information is stored in an ESRI Shapefile showing sensitive areas, based on sub-catchments with present or historical occurrences of Margaritifera.

The current revision of this dataset was published 10/08/17.

Tags

biodiversity biota ecological ecology environment habitat habitat protection habitats and biotopes heritage ireland margaritifera national biodiversity plan national parks and wildlife service npws protection of species species terrestrial ecosystem wildlife protection

Data Resources

Zip file containing shapefile download

Format: SHP / Zip

available as zip

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Visualisation of Margaritifera Sensitive Areas

Format: HTML

available as html

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ESRI REST

Format: Esri REST

available as esri rest

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WFS

Format: WFS

available as wfs

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Additional Information

License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Created 2018-12-07
Last Updated 2025-10-22
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