Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment on Nephrops Fisheries Management Plans
This partial BRIA describes the anticipated economic impact of the two Nephrops FMPs on the fishing sector and associated businesses.
This assessment document covers the following Nephrops FMPs:
• West Coast of Scotland Nephrops FMP
• North Sea Nephrops FMP
Footnotes
1 The relevant UK fisheries authorities for the two Nephrops FMPs are the Scottish Government, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland
2 Annex A of the JFS was amended in December 2024.
3 ICES publish annual advice for each Functional Unit separately, and these are available on the ICES website. For example, the reference for the latest ICES advice for FU7 (Fladen) is available here.
4 Weblink to UK sea fisheries annual statistics, Table 2.3
6 consumption by one user reduces the amount available to others
7 difficult to exclude people from using the resource
8 costs or benefits of economic activity to third parties, such as wider society, that are not reflected in market prices
9 Weblink to the Joint Fisheries Statement
10 Weblink to the Scottish Government statistics, 2025. Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024, Table 27
11Weblink to the Scottish Government statistics, 2025. Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024, Table 47
12 Weblink to Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
13 Weblink to UK business: activity, size and location - Office for National Statistics: 2025, table 4
14 Weblink to research report Informing Scotland's fisheries policies to be adapted and resilient to climate change and ocean acidification;
15 Hernroth B, Sköld HN, Wiklander K, Jutfelt F, Baden S. Simulated climate change causes immune suppression and protein damage in the crustacean Nephrops norvegicus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 2012 Nov 1;33(5):1095-101.
16 Weblink to UK sea fisheries annual statistics, Table 2.3
Contact
Email: fmps@gov.scot