Publication - Strategy/plan

UK dolphin and porpoise conservation strategy: technical report

Published: 22 March 2021
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Economy, Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781800048522

The technical report for the proposed UK Dolphin and Porpoise Conservation Strategy, describing the process used to assess the vulnerability of the populations of the nine named species of cetaceans to current pressures in UK waters.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems – EU Reg 2019/1241

2 In summary: 1) Geophysical surveys for oil & gas are licensed by BEIS throughout UK waters and therefore will require EIA, HRA and EPS assessment; 2) All geophysical surveys require EIA, HRA and EPS assessment in Scottish waters; 3) Non-oil & gas sub-bottom profiler surveys outside Scotland are exempt from requiring a licence, but a voluntary notification system exists for EPS assessment.

3 JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from geophysical surveys

4 JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from using explosives

5 The UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme

6 The Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme

7 Ship Strikes: collisions between whales and vessels

8 JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from using explosives

9 Statutory nature conservation agency protocol for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from piling noise

10 Introduction to the EU Water Framework Directive

11 East Marine Plans

12 Scotland’s National Marine Plan