Scottish Marine Protected Areas socioeconomic monitoring
This report provides an assessment of emerging evidence on the socio-economic impacts of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Annex 1: Overview of the management measures in each MPA/SAC
| Sites |
Fishing methods prohibited |
|---|---|
| Loch Laxford SAC; Noss Head MPA; Wyre and Rousay Sounds MPA. |
Whole site: Demersal trawl, demersal seine net, beam trawl, and dredge |
| Sanday SAC; St Kilda SAC; Treshnish Isles SAC. |
Whole site: Demersal trawl, demersal seine net, beam trawl, set nets, and dredge |
| East Mingulay SAC; |
Whole site: Demersal trawl, demersal seine net, beam trawl, and dredge Zonal management: Creel fishing, set nets, and long lines (50% of site) |
| Lochs Duich, Long & Alsh MPA/ SAC |
Whole site: Beam trawl, demersal seine net, demersal trawl, and dredge. |
| Luce Bay & Sands SAC |
Whole site: Beam trawl, suction dredge, demersal seine net, and demersal trawl. Zonal management: Mechanical dredge permitted in Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec each year. |
| Loch Creran MPA/ SAC |
Whole site: Demersal trawl, demersal seine net, pelagic trawl, set nets, long line, beam trawl, and dredge. Zonal management: Creel fishing |
| Loch Sunart to Sound of Jura MPA |
Whole site: Beam trawl, suction dredge, demersal seine net, set nets, and long lines. Zonal management: demersal trawl without use of tickler chains, and mechanical dredge |
| Loch Sunart MPA/ SAC |
Whole site: Demersal trawl, demersal seine net, set nets, long line, beam trawl, and dredge. |
| Loch Sween MPA |
Whole site: Beam trawl, suction dredge, demersal seine net, demersal trawl and mechanical dredge by vessels greater than 75 gross tonnage. Zonal management: Hand gathering, demersal trawl and mechanical dredge by vessels less than or equal to 75 gross tonnage |
| South Arran MPA |
Whole Site: Beam trawl, dredge, demersal seine net, and demersal trawl by vessels greater than 120 gross tonnage. Zonal management: Demersal trawl by vessels less than or equal to 120 gross tonnage. Creel fishing, set nets, and long lines |
| Upper Loch Fyne & Loch Goil MPA |
Whole site: Beam trawl, dredge, demersal seine net, and demersal trawl by vessels greater than 75 gross tonnage. Zonal management: demersal trawl by vessels less than or equal to 75 gross tonnage. Creel fishing, set nets, and long lines |
| Wester Ross MPA |
Whole Site: Beam trawl, dredge, demersal seine net, and demersal trawl by vessels greater than 500 kw engine power. Zonal management: Demersal trawl by vessels less than or equal to 500 kw engine power |
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