Proposed special protection areas for Scottish marine birds: supplementary consultation

3. The Preferred Policy Recommendation

3.1 The preferred policy recommendation follows the Final Advice provided by SNH and JNCC.  It is considered to be the most robust approach available for meeting the statutory requirements of the Birds Directive. The SEA describes and evaluates the likely significant effects on the environment of the preferred policy recommendation for Scottish Ministers.

3.2 Figure 1 below provides a map of the 13 pSPAs contained in the Final Advice. Appendix A provides detailed information on the pSPAs, including the qualifying species that would be classified under the preferred policy recommendation.

Figure 1: Map of Final Advice provided by SNH and JNCC