This map will enable public authorities and companies to make better decisions about activities in the North Sea bed. The North Sea is an extraordinarily busy area full of all kinds of activities.

Human activities, including trawling, pipelines and oil and mineral production and exploration, make these areas "particularly vulnerable." "Many [deep-sea corals ... a complete map of the ...

Hundreds of the locations being offered to companies to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea overlap with marine protected areas (MPAs) home to threatened species, new analysis has revealed.