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Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report

Published: 10 November 2020
From: Director-General Economy
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781800042056

This report, on the socio-economic impacts of MPAs, found that there had been localised positive and negative impacts on coastal communities and industries, linked to MPA management measures.

Supporting documents

Annex 11. Employment data for all districts on the west coast of Scotland

Total employment on vessels in ports and port districts on the west coast of Scotland
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Ayr	680	674	467	466	482	521
			5
Annan	31	35	49	40	42	44
Ayr	209	197	58	61	59	52
Ballantrae	18	18	18	19	19	21
Drummore	4	4	9	8	8	10
Dunure	14	12	11	9	11	11
Girvan	4	12	20	28	22	25
Kirkcudbright	195	198	176	176	175	176
Largs & Greenock	26	24	20	17	19	29
Maidens	1	1		1	2	4
Port William			4
Portpatrick	5	5	1	2	5	3
Stranraer	25	20	20	25	21	14
Troon & Saltcoats	135	135	66	68	80	97
Whithorn	13	13	10	12	19	25
(blank)						10
Campbeltown	304	300	320	332	303	277
Ardrishaig	12	7	14	9	6	6
Arran	5	4	5	7	5	5
Bruichladdich	2	2	3	2	2	2
Bute	22	20	19	21	15	13
Campbeltown	66	72	73	86	94	83
Carradale	21	17	24	26	20	16
Colonsay	1		1	1		1
Crinan	9	6	3	6	5	6
Gigha	2	2	3	2	4	6
Islay	15	19	18	16	16	11
Jura	2	2	3	2	2	2
Port Askaig	4	4	4	3	3	7
Port Ellen	27	27	38	26	27	32
Rothesay		2
Tarbert	87	88	83	92	74	63
Tayinloan	6	5	3	3	2	2
Tayvallich	13	12	13	14	13	8
West Loch Tarbert	10	11	13	16	15	14
Kinlochbervie	40	46	46	40	43	45
Eriboll	3	6	7	5	8	6
Kinlochbervie	29	30	31	29	29	33
Scourie	8	10	8	6	6	6
Lochinver	23	25	263	247	267	249
Culkein/Drumbeg	2	1	3	3	2	0
Lochinver	21	24	260	244	265	249
Mallaig	108	98	105	95	98	100
Ardnamurchan	2	4	6	5	5	5
Arisaig	5	4	6	4	4	5
Corpach		1	1	1
Glenuig	2	2	2	2	2	4
Mallaig	97	86	88	81	83	83
Salen	2	1	2	2	4	3
Oban	246	244	267	237	228	236
Coll	6	7	3	6	4	4
Fort William	24	18	20	15	13	12
Loch Buie (Mull)	3	2	2	2	2	3
Loch Scridain (Mull)	24	31	29	24	29	23
Luing	26	27	25	23	22	26
Oban	120	117	139	119	112	125
Tiree	12	14	14	14	18	15
Tobermory (Mull)	31	28	35	34	28	28
Orkney	442	297	303	292	286	291
Hoy	18	10	10	10	10	9
Kirkwall	147	105	113	93	104	113
Rousay	1	1	1	1	1	1
S Ronaldsay	83	49	44	45	35	32
Sanday	8	6	6	6	5	5
Stromness	62	38	40	46	42	41
Stronsay	7	5	7	10	8	10
Tingwall	39	29	27	27	26	27
Westray	77	54	55	54	55	53
Portree	205	209	182	155	169	157
Bracadale	8	9	10	9	10	10
Broadford	25	26	24	13	15	24
Dunvegan	15	18	17	15	21	36
Kyle	41	45	43	31	33	33
Portree	61	57	43	36	41	18
Sleat	9	9	7	5	10	3
Snizort	7	10	6	3	3	8
Strathaird	11	11	13	19	18	11
Torridon	28	24	19	24	18	14
Stornoway	371	371	360	336	316	298
Barra	87	79	77	74	73	57
Benbecula	17	15	12	12	9	11
Bernera (Lewis)	14	17	16	16	13	16
Berneray (N Uist)	5	6	7	9	8	8
Grimsay	24	24	25	19	20	16
Lochs	20	23	19	11	14	7
North Harris	4	4	5	4	4	6
North Uist	40	33	35	31	34	30
Portnaguran & Ness	8	8	10	10	7	6
Scalpay	23	21	18	13	11	9
South Harris	26	22	22	19	13	15
South Uist & Eriskay	38	39	33	36	40	44
Stornoway	65	80	81	82	70	73
Ullapool	191	200	179	209	179	209
Achiltibuie	14	18	17	18	13	15
Aultbea	15	15	15	13	9	12
Avoch	9	16	13	11	10	10
Brora	16	12	10	10	10	11
Gairloch	20	24	25	31	25	31
Invergordon	11	10	4	17	16	18
Inverness	4	5	4	3	4	6
Portmahomack	24	26	24	20	21	23
Ullapool	78	74	67	86	71	83

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