Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA): monitoring strategy

5. Components of the Strategy

The Strategy will consider each of the following in turn:

• What monitoring or evidence gathering is required? [Section 6]
• Whether existing monitoring activities or evidence gathering can meet these requirements? [Section 7]
• Where monitoring will be undertaken [Section 8]
• How the monitoring will be conducted [Section 9]
• Who will be responsible for gathering the data? [Section 10]
• How the data should be managed [Section 11]
• Ensuring the Strategy is effective [Section 12]

Each of these aspects is considered in more detail. A diagram illustrating the components of the Strategy is provided overleaf.