Publications
155 results for fisheries assessment
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas in Scottish Waters - Sustainability Appraisal
The Sustainability Appraisal is the overarching document which aims to capture the complexities of the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of fisheries management. The Strategic Environmental Assessment and a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment are used the inform the appraisal.
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and proposed Priority Marine Feature (PMF) Management Areas - Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)
Draft island communities impact assessment (ICIA) undertaken to consider the impacts of the fisheries management measures under consideration on island communities in Scotland.
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas in Scottish Waters - Draft Equality Impact Assessment Record
This assessment has been undertaken to examine whether the proposed management measures could have an impact on people with protected characteristics. This will be updated post consultation.
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas in Scottish Waters - Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
This assessment is undertaken to identify and assess the potential economic and social effects on the lives and circumstances of people, businesses, and communities. It investigates the potential cumulative economic benefits and costs and associated potential social impacts.
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas in Scottish Waters - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report
This assessment is undertaken to identify and assess any likely environmental effects of the policy and its alternatives.
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Draft Inshore Marine Protected Areas Fisheries Assessment Methodology Report
This report outlines the approach taken to conduct the fisheries assessments. This includes what evidence was used and how that was collected and also provides definitions and methods used.
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Proposed Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and proposed Priority Marine Feature (PMF) Management Areas - Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)
This assessment is undertaken to estimate the costs, benefits and risks of proposed fisheries management measures for Marine Protected Areas and proposed Priority Marine Feature management areas within Scotland's inshore waters that may affect the public, private or third sectors.
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National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland
Electrofishing surveys are undertaken to capture and count juvenile fish, primarily in rivers.
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Pelagic Fisheries Management Plans: strategic environmental assessment
The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) focuses on how the policies and actions in the five draft pelagic Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) could give rise to both significant positive and negative environmental effects. The findings of this assessment have informed the development of the FMPs.
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Pelagic Fisheries Management Plans: business and regulatory impact assessment
This partial business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) describes the anticipated economic impact of the five proposed fisheries management plans (FMPs) for pelagic fish stocks on the fishing sector and associated businesses.