Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document
This document describes the process, justification and evidence used to develop site specific management measures. It outlines key information for each site including their features, and risks of potential pressures.
Footnotes
1 Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption
2 Recommendation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
3 Recommendation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Area
6 Note these figures do not add up to the area of the site because they are overlapping
7 More recent survey data has shown the absence of Annex I reef in parts of this area, therefore this is an overestimate
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