Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement: call for evidence analysis report
We held a call for evidence from 26 November 2024 to 18 February 2025 to gather the expert input needed to inform development of the Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement (IFMI) Programme. This document summarises the responses to the call for evidence.
Appendix A: Glossary of terms
AI – Artificial Intelligence
EIR – Environmental Information Regulations (request)
FMAC Group – Fisheries Management And Conservation Group
FOI – Freedom of Information (request)
HPMA – Highly Protected Marine Area
IFCA – Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority (used in English waters)
IFG – Inshore Fisheries Group, predecessor of current RIFG
IFMAC – Inshore Fisheries Management And Conservation Group, predecessor of current FMAC Inshore Subgroup
IFMI Programme - Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement Programme
MPA – Marine Protected Area
NGO – Non-Government Organisation
OSPAR – Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
RAI Committee – Regional Affairs & Islands Parliamentary Committee
RAINE Committee – Regional Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Parliamentary Committee (predecessor to RAI Committee)
RIFG – Regional Inshore Fisheries Group
SEDD – Science, Evidence, Data and Digital (portfolio within Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government)
SFPA – Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
SSMO – Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation
UN – United Nations
Contact
Email: inshore@gov.scot