The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 EUROPEAN PROTECTED SPECIES

Common name	Scientific Name
NOTE. Common names are given in the first column of this Schedule by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name shall not be taken into account.
Dolphins, porpoises and whales (all species)	Cetacea
Sturgeon, Common	Acipenser sturio
Turtles, Marine	Caretta caretta Chelonia mydas Dermochelys coriacea Eretmochelys imbricata Lepidochelys kempii

Regulation 40(5)(a)

SCHEDULE 2 EXCLUDED POPULATIONS OF CERTAIN SPECIES

Common Name	Scientific Name	Excluded countries and areas
NOTE. Common names are given in the first column of this Schedule by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name shall not be taken into account.
Beaver, Eurasian	Castor fiber	Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden
Hamster, European (or Black bellied)	Cricetus cricetus	Hungary
Wolf, Grey	Canis lupus	Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece north of the 39th parallel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain north of the River Duero, and the reindeer management area in Finland as defined in paragraph 2 of Finnish Act No. 848/90 of 14th September 1990 on reindeer management(1)
Lynx, Eurasian	Lynx lynx	Estonia
Viper, Seoane’s	Vipera seoanni	Spain

Regulation 41(1)

SCHEDULE 3 ANIMALS WHICH MAY NOT BE TAKEN OR KILLED IN CERTAIN WAYS

Common name	Scientific name
NOTE. Common names are given in the first column of this Schedule by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name shall not be taken into account.
Seals (all species)	Phocidae
Shad, Alis Shad, Twaite	Alosa alosa Alosa fallax
Sturgeon (all species except the common sturgeon)	Acipenseridae (except Acipenser sturio)

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A copy of this Finnish Act can be obtained from the Wildlife Species Conservation Division, Defra, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB.