Publication - Impact assessment
West of Scotland Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA) site boundary amendment: final business and regulatory impact assessment
This assessment is undertaken to estimate the costs, benefits and risks of the proposed boundary amendment for the West of Scotland MPA that may impact the public, private or third sector. It has been updated following public consultation.
Within Government
The Offshore Marine Protected Area team has had direct contact and discussion with the following Scottish Government Marine Directorate programmes, teams and other external agencies during the development of this proposed boundary amendment.
- t Domestic Fisheries Management Programme
- Protected Sea ProgrammeMarine Analytical Unit
- Fisheries Compliance
- Marine Science
- Marine Data, GIS & Quality
Conservation nature body JNCC and NatureScot have been consulted on this proposed site boundary amendment, with conservation advice from JNCC being requested.
Contact
Email: Marine_biodiversity@gov.scot