Shiant East Bank Marine Protected Area: business and regulatory impact assessment
An assessment of the business and regulatory impacts of designating the Shiant East Bank Marine Protected Area.
Annex A: Summary of Ecosystem Benefits that can be derived from designation of Shiant East Bank MPA
Summary of Ecosystem Services Benefits arising from the Designation and Management of the Site as an MPA (2019-2038) SEB |
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Services |
Relevance |
On-site / |
Baseline Level |
Estimated Impacts of Management |
Value Weighting |
Scale of Benefits |
Confidence |
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Lower |
Intermediate |
Upper |
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Fish and shellfish for human consumption |
Moderate, benthic habitat contributes to the food web |
On-site and off-site |
Stocks not at MSY |
Nil |
Minimal, small recovery of fish stocks possible |
Moderate, sandeels are import in food webs for commercial species and priority wildlife species |
Minimal |
Moderate |
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Fish and shellfish for non-human consumption |
Stocks reduced from potential maximum |
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Climate regulation |
Moderate, in coastal areas |
On-site |
Moderate |
Nil, management scenarios will not affect features providing this service |
Moderate |
Nil |
High |
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Waste breakdown/ detoxification |
Minimal |
On-site |
Low |
Nil, management scenarios will not affect features providing this service |
Low, water quality in this area not affecting human welfare |
Nil |
High |
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Non-use value of natural environment |
Moderate, contribution of the site to MPA network has non-use value |
On-site and off-site |
Non-use value of the site may decline |
Moderate, protection of features of site from potential future decline |
Low–Moderate, protection of features is valued by divers & anglers (Kenter et al. 2013). |
Moderate |
Moderate, extent of features, responses to management scenarios, and value to society all uncertain |
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Low, recovery of features possible |
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Recreation |
Minimal, features of low relevance to recreation |
On-site |
Minimal |
Minimal, maintain features of site |
Minimal |
Minimal |
High. |
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Research and Education |
Minimal |
On-site |
Minimal, whether research uses site in future uncertain. |
Minimal, maintain features of site |
Nil – Low |
Minimal |
Moderate |
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Designation may play role in communicating management needs. |
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Total value of changes in ecosystem services |
Value of site may decline |
Minimal for lower scenario, Low for intermediate and upper scenario, designation has Moderate non-use value to protecting site from future decline (Kenter et al. 2013) |
Low – Moderate |
Moderate |
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Total value of changes in ecosystem services |
Low – Moderate |
Moderate |
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