Margaritifera Sensitive Areas Map

Published by: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Licensed under: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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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.

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URL: https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/Margaritifera_sensitive_areas_2017_v08.zip

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Data last updated	30 September 2025
Metadata last updated	30 September 2025
Created	30 September 2025
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License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Access url	https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/Margaritifera_sensitive_areas_2017_v08.zip
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Resource locator function	download
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State	active
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