East Mainland Coast, Shetland Special Protection Area: business and regulatory impact assessment
An assessment of the business and regulatory impacts (BRIA) of classifying the East Mainland Coast, Shetland Special Protection Area.
Appendix A: Ecosystem Services Benefits, East Mainland Coast, Shetland
Summary of Ecosystem Services Benefits arising from Classification of the Site as an SPA |
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Services |
Relevance |
Baseline Level |
Estimated Impacts of Classification |
Value Weighting |
Scale of Benefits |
Confidence |
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Lower |
Intermediate |
Upper |
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Fish for human consumption |
Moderate, seabed contributes to the food web |
Stocks not at MSY |
Nil |
Low, recovery of fish stocks possible in medium to long term from protection of benthic features (e.g. shellfish beds). |
Low |
Minimal - Low |
Moderate |
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Fish for non-human consumption |
Stocks reduced from potential maximum |
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Gas and climate regulation |
Minimal, in coastal areas |
Minimal |
Nil |
Low |
Nil |
High |
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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, possibly allowing some recovery |
Moderate, contributes to maintaining marine biodiversity, other marine sites around Shetland have non-use value (e.g. Haroldswick, Kenter et al. 2013) |
Low - Moderate |
Moderate, response of feature to management measures, and value to society, uncertain |
Recreation |
Moderate, wildlife tourism and recreation at site contribute to Shetland tourism. |
Recreation value of the site may decline |
Minimal - Low, protection of site contributes to recreation, possibly allowing some recovery |
Moderate, tourism supports jobs, but substitutes are available. |
Minimal - Low |
Moderate, significance of change from management measures uncertain. |
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Research and Education |
Moderate, features have research value, but there are substitutes |
Value of site may decline |
Minimal |
Low, protection maintains future research opportunities. Classification may play role in communicating management needs. |
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. |
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Total value of changes in ecosystem services |
Minimal for lower scenario, Low for intermediate and upper scenarios, based on non-use values. |
Low - moderate |
Moderate |
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