Marine Protected Areas in Scotland’s Seas
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Marine Protected Areas in Scotland’s Seas. Ecological data workshop. David Mallon Marine Environment Branch Marine Scotland. Background. Powers and duties – Marine (Scotland) Act and UK Marine and Coastal Access Act Territorial and Offshore waters - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Marine Protected Areas in Scotland’s Seas
Ecological data workshop
David Mallon
Marine Environment Branch
Marine Scotland
Background
• Powers and duties – Marine (Scotland) Act and UK Marine and Coastal Access Act
• Territorial and Offshore waters• Three pillar approach (Priority Marine Features)
i. Species Measures
ii. Site protection measures
iii. Wider seas policies and measures
Scottish MPA project
• Project partnership – Marine Scotland, SNH, JNCC, Historic Scotland and SEPA
• Nature Conservation MPAs• Demonstration & Research MPAs• Historic MPAs• Science-based process
Principles
1. Deliver Scotland’s MPA commitments2. Benefits for marine natural features and support wider
ecosystem function3. To include marine natural features considered as
priorities for area-based protection in Scotland’s waters4. Individual sites considered on their merit in contributing
to ecological coherence of network
Principles
5. Network development to take into account distinctive biogeographical differences of our seas
6. MPA network composed of a range of different types of protected areas
7. Network managed to deliver long-term protection to marine natural features
8. Significant progress towards identifying Nature Conservation MPAs to complete network will have been made by the end of 2012
Ecological coherence• Guidance developed under OSPAR Convention on key
design features associated with ecological coherence:
– Representation – Replication – Size of site – Adequacy – Connectivity – Management
Features
• MPA search features– Underpin the initial selection of Nature Conservation
MPAs• MPA protected features
– Features which are formally protected by the designation order for a Nature Conservation MPA
• Network features– Features afforded protection by the MPA network as a
whole
Network
• Network composition– Nature Conservation MPAs– Other areas which are formally designated– Area-based measures
• Finalised selection guidelines publishedwww.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland/mpaguidelines
Network timescales
Report on progress of
MPA network 2012
Define Good Environmental
Status 2012 (MSFD)
Deliver a well managed network
of sites 2016
Good Environmental
Status achieved for UK seas 2020
Identify a MPA network 2012
Future stakeholder engagement• Stakeholder engagement overview publication - 2011
2011 / 2012 & ongoing• National stakeholder workshops• Marine Strategy Forum• Bilaterals with different national organisations
2012 onwards• Detailed discussions on MPA proposals
Workshop
• What we are about to present
– Data collated to date
• What we need from you
– Gaps in the data
– Metadata on potential data sources
• Third party proposals
– Add your anticipated submissions to flip chart
[email protected] - Scottish [email protected] - Territorial [email protected] - Offshore waters
