Marine Protected Areas in inshore waters: guidance for undertaking Socio-Economic Impact Assessments (SEIA)

Guidance for assessing social and economic impacts from policies and decisions relating to Marine Protected Areas.


Footnotes

1. Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

2. Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (legislation.gov.uk)

4. The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (legislation.gov.uk)

5. Under S. 85 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

6. Under S. 1 of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 for inshore waters or S. 137A of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 for offshore waters.

7. Marine environment: Priority Marine Features - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. Priority marine features in Scotland's seas | NatureScot

9. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2716/regulation/48/made

10. S. 83 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 for inshore sites and S. 126 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 for offshore sites.

11. S. 68 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

12. S. 91 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

13. Natural Capital Terminology (publishing.service.gov.uk)

14. Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15. The term 'predict' is more commonly used in the SIA literature. Economic impact assessments may use the term estimate or appraise. These terms refer to the act of assessing likely consequences of present day activities, through analysis of evidence.

16. MPA management plans – MarPAMM (mpa-management.eu)

17. Marine environment: MPA monitoring strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18. Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

19. NM = nautical miles

20. HM Treasury, The Green Book (2020), accessed 02/12/2021, The Green Book (2020) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

21. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (2020), accessed 02/12/2021, Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

22. Ibid.

23. HM Treasury, The Green Book (2020), accessed 02/12/2021, The Green Book (2020) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

24. The Scottish Government, Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables (2020), accessed 17/09/2021, Information on the Supply, Use and Analytical Input-Output Tables produced by the Scottish Government.

25. Scottish Government, Monitoring the Socio-economic Impacts of Marine Protected Areas: 2019 Report (2019), accessed 11/10/2021, Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

26. Scottish Government, Monitoring the Socio-economic Impacts of Marine Protected Areas: 2019 Report (2019), accessed 11/10/2021, Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

27. Marine Management Organisation, A Strategic Framework for Scoping Cumulative Effects (2014), accessed 17/09/2021, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389876/MMO1055_Report_Final.pdf.

28. HM Treasury, Green Book Supplementary Guidance: Optimism Bias (2013), accessed 17/09/2021, Supplementary guidance to the Green Book on estimates for a project's costs, benefits and duration in the absence of robust primary evidence

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