Offshore Marine Protected Areas in Scottish Waters: Strategic Environmental Assessment Post Adoption Statement

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2025). Marine Environment: Conservation [online] Available at: Conservation - Marine environment - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

2 Scottish Government (2025). Marine environment: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) [online] Available at: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Marine environment - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

3 NatureScot (2024) Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) [online] Available at: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) | NatureScot (accessed 12/08/2025)

4 JNCC (2019) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas [online] Available at: Nature Conservation MPAs | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation (accessed 12/08/2025)

5 NatureScot (2024) Special Areas of Conservations (SACs) [online] Available at: Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) | NatureScot (accessed 12/08/2025)

6 JNCC (2020) SACs with marine components [online] Available at: SACs with marine components | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation (accessed 12/08/2025)

7 JNCC (2019) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas [online] Available at: Nature Conservation MPAs | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation (accessed 12/08/2025)

8 The inshore area extends from the coast to the limit of the territorial sea (i.e. 12 nautical miles (NM) off the coast)

9 The offshore area extends from the limit of the territorial sea to the UK Continental Shelf Claim Limit (i.e. 12–200 NM off the coast).

10 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

11 The Sandeel (Prohibition of Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2024. Available at: The Sandeel (Prohibition of Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2024 (accessed 18/08/2025)

12 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Site Proposal Document - Protecting Biodiversity within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (accessed 12/08/2025)

13 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report [online] Available at: Supporting documents - Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

14 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation [online] Available at: Supporting documents - Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

15 Marine Directorate (2025). Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation analysis. Available at: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation analysis - gov.scot (accessed 05/12/2025)

16 UK Government (2004) The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 [online] Available at: The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (accessed 05/12/2025)

17 Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and NatureScot.

18 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report [online] Available at: Supporting documents - Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

19 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation [online] Available at: Supporting documents - Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

20 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

21 Scottish Government (2025) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation analysis. Available at: Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation analysis - gov.scot (accessed 09/12/2025)

22 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 [online] Available at: Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (accessed 12/08/2025)

23 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

24 UK Government (2019) Marine strategy part one: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status [online] Available at: Marine strategy part one: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status - GOV.UK (accessed 12/08/2025)

25 OSPAR Commission (2003) Guidance for the development and management of the OSPAR network [online] Available at: Guidance for the development and management of the OSPAR network | OSPAR Commission (accessed 12/08/2025)

26 Scottish Government (2024) Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 [online] Available at: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

27 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

28 Following the UK leaving the EU, the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, and the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 (collectively known as the Habitats Regulations) have been amended by the Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

29 The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 [online] Available at: The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (accessed 12/08/2025)

30 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Site Proposal Document - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

31 Management measures are no longer proposed to be implemented at Turbot Bank SAC as explained in Section 1.

32 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): consultation [online] Available at: Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space (accessed 12/08/2025)

33 Scottish Government (2024) Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report [online] Available at: Supporting documents - Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025)

34 Marine Scotland (2017) Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Monitoring Strategy. Available at: Supporting documents - Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA): monitoring strategy - gov.scot (accessed 12/08/2025).