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MPA Designation & Management

in England

Paul McLeod

Kylie Bamford

Couch’s goby (Gobius couchi )  © Lin Baldock

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Clean, healthy, safe, productive and

biologically diverse oceans and seas

• Ecologically coherent network of MPAs

• Marine Plans

• Reformed CFP

• Species-specific measures, e.g. Shark, Skate &

Ray Conservation Plan

• MSFD:

GES by 2020

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Moderate energy circalittoral rock: Deeper water rock, with some shelter from waves andcurrents © JNCC

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The MPA network: progress to date

• SACs (blue)

• SPAs (green)

• MCZs: 1st tranche

(purple)

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MCZs: second tranche

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• Focus on filling big ecological gaps in the network

• Third tranche to follow to complete the network

• Dialogue with stakeholders during 2014

• Updated scientific and economic evidence

• Consultation on second tranche starting soon…

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Seagrass bed (Zostera marin a ) with snakelocks anemones © Paul Kay

Sea pen and burrowing megafauna communities © Sue Scott (JNCC)  © Marilyn Rawson

 © Marilyn Rawson

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MPAs: Management implementation

• Prevent degradationand damage to features

due to human activity

• Achieve the

conservation objectives

of the sites

• Well managed network

by 2016

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Pink sea-fan (Eunicel la verrucosa)  © Paul Kay

Pink sea-fan (Eunicel la verrucosa ) © Paul Kay

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MPAs: Who does what?

• No lead organisation in marine management

• A number of authorities manage different activities

such as IFCAs, MMO, EA, local authorities

• NE and JNCC provide conservation advice

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Honeycomb worm (Sabel lar ia alveolata ) reefs© Paul Kay

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MPAs: What to manage?

• Does not mean allactivities have to stop

• Reviewed on a case by

case basis

• Only manage activities

which have detrimentalimpacts on features

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Honeycomb worm (Sabel lar ia alveolata ) reefs© Paul Kay

Charting Progress (2005)

Charting Progress (2005)

Charting Progress (2005)

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MPAs: Licensed activities

• Many activities withinthe marine environment

are regulated through

marine licences

• Additional evidence is

needed to assess

effects on protectedfeatures

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MPAs: Non licensed activities

• These include commercial fishing andrecreational activities

• Revised approach taken in 2012 regarding

commercial fisheries

• Risk-prioritised, phased approach to

management implementation

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MPAs: Fisheries management

• Within 6nm managementapplies to UK vessels only

• Within 6-12nm

management applies to UKand EU vessels with

historic fishing rights

• Beyond 12nm managementapplies to all EU vessels

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MPAs: Fisheries management

• 17 new statutorybyelaws in place

• IFCA byelaws protect

areas 15 time the size

of the Isle of Wight

• MMO byelaws protectan area twice the size

of Jersey

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Honeycomb worm (Sabel lar ia alveolata ) reefs© Paul Kay