The Sandeel (Prohibition Of Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2024: business and regulatory impact assessment - final

Footnotes

1 Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

2 Scottish Waters includes internal waters, territorial sea, and the UK’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) limit adjacent to Scotland.

3 Call for Evidence on future management of Sandeels and Norway pout - Defra - Citizen Space

4 UK fleet landings by rectangle stock port and EEZ 2018-2022, UK sea fisheries annual statistics report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

5 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Part C: Closed or Restricted Areas.

6 Commission of European Communities, Evaluation of Closed Area Schemes, SGMOS-07-03 report v3 with STECF opinion.doc (europa.eu)

7 Case Study: Sandeels in Scottish waters | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

8 Sandeel fishing consultation: strategic environmental assessment - draft environmental report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1530–1550, Variation in the abundance of sandeels Ammodytes marinus off southeast Scotland: an evaluation of area-closure fisheries management and stock abundance assessment methods | ICES Journal of Marine Science | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

10 DEFRA Marine Strategy Part One: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status, October 2019, Marine Strategy Part One: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status (publishing.service.gov.uk)

11 Wild salmon strategy: implementation plan 2023 to 2028, Actions - Wild salmon strategy: implementation plan 2023 to 2028 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12 DEFRA, Consultation on Spatial Management Measures for Industrial Sandeel Fishing, Sandeels DMA final.pdf (defra.gov.uk)

13 Based on 2015-2019 landings data produced by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

14 Apportioning activity area is based on the published ‘ICES Statistical Rectangle Factors’ methodology.

15 EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive - European Commission (europa.eu)

16 Pelagia Bressay | Pelagia

17 Pelagia Aberdeen | Pelagia

18 European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Fishmeal and fish oil – Production and trade flows in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, Fishmeal and fish oil - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu)

19 Sandeels DMA final.pdf (defra.gov.uk)

20 Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) in divisions 4.a–b, Sandeel Area 4 (northern and central North Sea) (figshare.com)

21 Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) in divisions 4.a–b, Sandeel Area 4 (northern and central North Sea) (figshare.com)

22 European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Fishmeal and fish oil – Production and trade flows in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, Fishmeal and fish oil - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu)

23 European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Fishmeal and fish oil – Production and trade flows in the EU, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, Fishmeal and fish oil - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu)