Highly Protected Marine Areas: policy framework
Sets out our proposed definition and aims of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) and what this could mean for different activities taking place in Scottish waters. Also describes how we will account for socio-economic factors alongside ecological considerations and proposed new legal powers.
Footnotes
1 These categories are Ia – strict nature reserve, Ib – wilderness area and II – national park. For more information on how the IUCN categories are specifically applied to MPAs see Guidelines for Applying the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories to Marine Protected Areas.
2 Nature Conservation MPAs are designated under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, and SACs and SPAs are designated under the ’Habitats Regulations’.
3 As defined by the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Order 2013
4 This special area is set out in the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, on the one hand, and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the other hand, relating to Maritime Delimitation in the Area between the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom, 18 May 1999.
5 Figure taken from Population estimates for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Office for National Statistics
6 Figures taken from Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2020
7 Figure taken from Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2020
8 This is five per cent in Shetland, three per cent in Orkney and two per cent in Na h-Eileanan Siar - Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2020
9 Figure taken from Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019
10 Figures taken from Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019.
11 Figures taken from Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019
12 Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
13 A Review of the Aquaculture Regulatory Process in Scotland (www.gov.scot)
14 Figure taken from Production - Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2021
15 Figure taken from A Review of the Aquaculture Regulatory Process in Scotland
16 Figures taken from Production - Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2021
17 See Aquaculture - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
18 For more information see Potential scale of Scottish seaweed-based industries: research paper
19 Figures taken from Oil and gas sector and infrastructure - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
20 Figures taken from Annual Compendium of Scottish Energy Statistics - December 2020
21 Figures taken from Renewable energy - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
22 Figures taken from Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage - Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020
23 Figure taken from Subsea cables - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
24 Figures taken from Maritime transport (freight, ports and shipping) - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
25 Figures taken from Maritime transport (passengers, ferries and cruise ships) - Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020
26 Figures taken from Hydrogen action plan: draft
27 The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994; The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017; The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
28 Section 82 and section 83 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
29 Section 80 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
30 Section 94 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.
Contact
Email: HPMA@gov.scot
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