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Coll and Tiree Special Protection Area: business and regulatory impact assessment
An assessment of the business and regulatory impacts of classifying the Coll and Tiree Special Protection Area.
Appendix A - Ecosystem Services Benefits, Coll and Tiree
| Services | Relevance to Site |
Baseline Level | Estimated Impacts of Classification | Value Weighting | Scale of Benefits | Confidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Intermediate | Upper | ||||||
| Fish for human consumption | Moderate, benthic habitat contributes to the food web web | Stocks not at MSY | Minimal | Low, recovery of fish stocks possible in medium to long term from protection of benthic features (e.g. shellfish beds). | Low | Low | Moderate, ecosystem response is uncertain | |
| Fish for non-human consumption | Stocks reduced from potential maximum | |||||||
| Gas and climate regulation | Minimal, in coastal areas | Minimal | Nil | Low | Nil | High | ||
| Non-use value of natural environment | Moderate, bird species, and contribution of the site to MPA network, have non-use value. | Non-use value of the site may decline | Minimal | Low, maintain features of site | Moderate, protection of features of site from decline, and/or allowing some recovery | Moderate, contributes to maintaining marine biodiversity in areas where significant non-use values identified by Kenter et al. (2013), e.g. Skye to Mull MPA. | Low - Moderate | Moderate, extent of features, responses to management measures, and value to society all uncertain |
| Recreation | Moderate, features have recreational value, but there are substitutes. | Value of site may decline | Minimal, protection of features of site | Low - Moderate, protection of features of site that contribute to recreation, possibly allowing some recovery | Low, for individual features. Moderate for opportunity to understand response of range of features to management. | Low | Low – Moderate, extent to which research uses site in future uncertain. | |
| Research and Education | Moderate, features have research value, but there are substitutes | Value of site may decline | Minimal, protection of features of site | Low, protection of key characteristics of site from decline, improving future research opportunities. Classification may play role in communicating management needs. | Low | Low | Moderate, extent to which research uses site in future uncertain. | |
| Total value of changes in ecosystem services | Minimal - low for lower and intermediate scenarios, Minimal - moderate for upper scenario. | Low | Moderate | |||||
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