Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas in Scottish Waters - Draft Equality Impact Assessment Record

Stage 2: Data and evidence gathering, involvement and consultation

Age

Age is one of the factors assessed within the SEIA, broken down into children, working age, and pensionable age. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. Data on age are available online at Seafood processing data and insight | Seafish and Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024. Stakeholder engagement has not raised any explicit concerns for this protected characteristic. Social research identified concerns relating to aging populations, participants observed that there were fewer families with children and fewer people under the age of 30 than in the past.

Disability Disability and long-term sickness is one of the factors assessed within the SEIA. No employment data at this level was available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. Data are available online at Seafood processing data and insight | Seafish and Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any significant differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Sex Sex is one of the factors assessed within the SEIA. Employment data at this level is available for commercial fisheries in Scotland. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. Data are available online at Seafood processing data and insight | Seafish and Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024. No concerns were raised for this protected characteristic in stakeholder engagement. The consultation will be used to gather views on any potential impacts that the measures may have on this characteristic.

Pregnancy and maternity No employment data at this level were available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. No data are available. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Gender reassignment No employment data at this level were available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. No data are available. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Sexual orientation No employment data at this level were available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. No data are available. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Race Data on nationality within employment in commercial fisheries in Scotland is available at a highly aggregated level; distinguishing between only British, EU, and non-EU nationalities. These data do not incorporate race. Nationality data are available online at Seafood processing data and insight | Seafish and Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Religion or belief No employment data at this level were available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. No data are available. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.

Marriage and civil partnership No employment data at this level were available. The scope and methodology used for the SEIA were informed by stakeholder engagement. No data are available. We currently have no information to suggest that the policy proposal will have any differential impact on people who have this protected characteristic, and no concerns have been raised in stakeholder engagement.