Proposed Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and proposed Priority Marine Feature (PMF) Management Areas - Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2024). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters.

2 These were similarly averaged between 2016-22 excl. 2020-21 and inflated to 2024 prices (to match the estimated impacts).

3 SG (2023). Scottish island regions 2023: overview. Scottish island regions 2023: overview - gov.scot (accessed 27 August 2024)

4 The catch location for these vessels is not as precise as for over-12m vessels; see SEIA for more details.

5 Total estimated impacts by home port are smaller than estimated impacts by landing port, primarily because UK vessels registered outside of Scotland are landing into Scottish ports but are not registered at a Scottish home port.

6 SG (2024). Sub-Scotland Economic Statistics Database: Sub-Scotland Economic Statistics Database - gov.scot (accessed 28 August 2024)

7 The proportional value impacts shown in these tables may differ slightly from proportional home district impacts presented in the SEIA.

8 SG (2024). Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2022. Seafood processing - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2022 - gov.scot (accessed 23 May 2025)

9 Seafish (2024). Seafood Processing Industry Performance: 2023. Seafood Processing Industry Performance: 2023 — Seafish (accessed 30 August 2024); and Seafood Processing Enquiry Tool.

Seafood processing data and insight | Seafish (accessed 30 August 2024)

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11 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

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13 Scottish Government (2025). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters. Report prepared by Eunomia, ABPmer and eftec

14 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

15 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

16 Scottish Government (2025). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters. Report prepared by Eunomia, ABPmer and eftec.

17 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

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21 Marine renewable energy and Scottish west coast fishers: Exploring impacts, opportunities, and potential mitigation - ScienceDirect

22 Scottish Government. Marine Economic Statistics 2022. Published 2023.

23 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

24 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

25 Monitoring the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas: report - gov.scot

26 Scottish Government (2025). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters. Report prepared by Eunomia, ABPmer and eftec.

27 Scottish Government (2025). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters. Report prepared by Eunomia, ABPmer and eftec.

28 Scottish Government (2025). Social Impacts Research for Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features Management in Scottish Waters. Report prepared by Eunomia, ABPmer and eftec.

29 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion | Scotland's Census

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33 Fishing effort displacement and the consequences of implementing Marine Protected Area management – An English perspective

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36 Scottish Islands Survey (2023) Main Findings Report

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38 Jobstvogt, N., Townsend, M., Witte, U., & Hanley, N. (2014) How can we identify and communicate the ecological value of deep-sea ecosystem services?. PloS one, 9(7), e100646.