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Demersal Fisheries Management Plans proposals: strategic environmental assessment - environmental report
The strategic environmental report focuses on how the policies and actions in the 11 demersal Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) could give rise to both significant positive and negative environmental effects. The findings of this assessment have been used to inform the development of the FMPs.
Appendix C: UK MPA designations
- Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
- Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) - England, Scotland, Wales
- Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (as amended)
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) - England, Scotland, Wales
A. Special Protection Areas (SPAs) – Northern Ireland
B. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) – Northern Ireland
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
- Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) – England, Wales
- Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs), offshore waters – Scotland
- Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
- Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs), inshore waters – Scotland
- Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013
- Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) – Northern Ireland
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Part 4)
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – England, Scotland, Wales
- The Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
- Coastal Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) - Northern Ireland
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
- Ramsar Sites (Wetland of International Importance under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat)
Contact
Email: FMPs@gov.scot