A site-specific conservation objectives document was published for River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC (site code 002299) in December 2021. It is available at the following link: www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/conservation_objectives/CO002299.pdf.
This document contains a conservation objective for each of the habitats and species listed in the Habitats Directive for which the site is selected, namely river lamprey, salmon, otter, fens and wet woodland. Each of these conservation objectives aims to define favourable conservation condition for the habitat or species in question at this SAC.
This was done by setting a series of targets for attributes that collectively describe favourable conservation condition for each of the habitats and species. These in themselves are not conservation measures but can act as guidance for what measures might be required in the SAC, in order to achieve or maintain favourable conservation condition.