Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Sustainability Appraisal
The Sustainability Appraisal is the overarching document which aims to capture the complexities of the potential socioeconomic and environmental impacts of fisheries management. The Strategic Environmental Assessment and a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment are used the inform the appraisal.
Footnotes
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4 JNCC (2019) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas [online] (accessed 12/01/2022)
5 SNH (2021) Special Areas of Conservations (SACs) [online] (accessed 12/01/2022)
6 JNCC (2020) SACs with marine components [online] (accessed 12/01/2022)
7 Scottish Government (2022) Offshore Marine Protected Areas in Scottish Waters: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Report. October 2022.
8 Scottish Government (2022) Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Offshore Marine Protected Areas in Scottish Water, October 2022.
9 The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 [online] (accessed 07/03/2024)
10 NatureScot (2021) The MPA Network [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
11 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
12 NatureScot (2022). Scotland’s Marine Protected Area network [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
13 SNH/JNCC (2012) Commissioned Report No. 547: Advice to the Scottish Government on the selection of Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for the development of the Scottish MPA network [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
14 JNCC (2022) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas [online] (accessed 12/10/2022)
15 JNCC (2019) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
16 OSPAR Commission (2022) Marine Protected Areas [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
17 The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
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19 The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
20 The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
21 The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
22 Scottish Government (2020). EU Exit: habitats regulations in Scotland [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
23 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
24 Scottish Government (2014) 2014 Consultation on the Management of Inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas Overview [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
25 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
26 European Commission (undated) Common fisheries policy (CFP) [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
27 Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) [online] (accessed 18/01/2022)
28 Scottish Government (2013) Planning Scotland’s Seas: 2013 – Possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas Consultation Overview – Strategic Environmental Assessment Report [online] (accessed 20/01/2022)
29 Scottish Government (2014) 2014 Consultation on the Management of Inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas Overview [online] (accessed 20/01/2022)
30 Scottish Government (2014) 2014 Consultation on the Management of Inshore Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Protected Areas Overview [online] (accessed 20/01/2022)
31 Scottish Government (2018) SEA of Marine Proposed Special Protection Areas Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report. (accessed 20/01/2022)
32 Marine Scotland (2019) Sustainability Appraisal of proposed Marine Protected Areas Sustainability Appraisal [online] (accessed 20/01/2022)
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34 Marine Scotland, 2013. Planning Scotland's Seas: 2013 - The Scottish Marine Protected Area Project – Developing the Evidence Base tor Impact Assessments and the Sustainability Appraisal Final Report.
35 Marine Scotland, 2019. SEIA of Proposed Marine Protected Areas. Socio-Economic Impact Assessment. January 2019. Prepared by ABPmer & eftec for Marine Scotland.
36 Marine Scotland, 2019. Development of a Deep Sea Marine Reserve, West of Scotland. Socio-Economic Impact Assessment. September 2019. (accessed 20/01/2022).
37 HM Treasury, 2018. The Green Book. Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation. (accessed 20/01/2022)
38 Business and regulatory impact assessment: toolkit (accessed 20/01/2022)
39 Based on the Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG) regions.
40 Noting that this region comprises only a small part of 3 individual ICES rectangles on the westernmost edge of Scottish waters, hence there is very little fishing activity registered in this region.
41 Present Value (PV).
42 Crown Estate Scotland (2022). Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas Decarbonisation. Offshore Market Review [Online]. (accessed 07/03/2024).
Contact
Email: marine_biodiversity@gov.scot
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