Highly Protected Marine Areas - policy framework and site selection guidelines: sustainability appraisal

Drafted by marine consultants ABPmer, the sustainability appraisal provides assessment of any cumulative impacts of the Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMA) policy and is based upon the draft policy framework and site selection guidelines.


Footnotes

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4. NatureScot (2021) The MPA Network (accessed 04/07/2022)

5. Scottish Government (2022) Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for HPMAs: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Report. October 2022.

6. Scottish Government (2022) SEIA of Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for Highly Protected Marine Areas, October 2022.

7. Scottish Government, (2022) Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for HPMAs: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Report. October 2022.

8. Scottish Government (2022) SEIA of Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for Highly Protected Marine Areas, October 2022.

9. Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (accessed 05/09/2022)

10. Scottish Government, (2022) Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for HPMAs: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Report. October 2022.

11. Scottish Government (2022) SEIA of Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for Highly Protected Marine Areas, October 2022.

12. Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party Shared Policy Programme: Working together to build a greener, fairer, independent Scotland (accessed 04/07/2022)

14. ibid

15. : European Commission (2020) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (accessed 06/07/2022)

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22. Scottish Government (2022) Policy Framework and Site Selection Guidelines for HPMAs: Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Report. October 2022.

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30. Marine Scotland (2018) SEA of Proposed Inshore PMF Management Measures Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening and Scoping Report (accessed 20/01/2022)

31. The SEA objective used in previous and ongoing SEAs that have been undertaken by the Scottish Government (Section 6) "To safeguard and enhance marine ecosystems…" has been amended to reflect more closely the terminology that has been used in the draft Policy Framework.

32. Marine Scotland, 2013. Planning Scotland's Seas: 2013 - The Scottish Marine Protected Area Project – Developing the Evidence Base tor Impact Assessments and the Sustainability Appraisal Final Report.

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36. Marine Scotland, in prep. SEIA of Offshore Marine Protected Areas in Scottish Waters.

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38. Scottish Government guidance on Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

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