Cleaver Bank

Due to the relatively great depth of the Cleaver Bank, the soil is only seldom, in very heavy weather, moved by wave action.

[3] Because the gravel is relatively poor in silt and the transparency is great, there is enough light to allow for the growth of calcareous red algae.

[3] The benthic fauna on the bank contains species that live on a hard substrate, such as sea anemones and polyps.

[4] Rare species living on Cleaver Bank are Thracia convexa and the Rayed artemis.

The Greenpeace organisation considered the actions of the Dutch government in this direction too slow and sank some large boulders on the seabed in May 2015 to increase the nature value.