By Kevin Keane BBC Scotland's environment correspondent
7 June 2019
A consultation has been launched on creating four new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covering 5,000 square miles of sea.
The Scottish government said the proposals were a world first and would also protect Risso's dolphins and a wide range of other biodiversity.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation charity said it was "delighted."
The proposed sites are at the southern trench in the outer Moray Firth, north east Lewis, the Sea of the Hebrides and Shiant East Bank.
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