Three Pelagic Fisheries Management Plans - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) focuses on how the policies and actions in the 3 draft pelagic Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) could give rise to both significant positive and negative environmental effects. The findings of this assessment have informed the development of the FMPs.
Footnotes
1 Scottish waters refer to the Scottish inshore and Scottish offshore regions as set out in section 322 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
2 English waters refer to the English inshore and English offshore regions as set out in section 322 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
3 Northern Irish waters refer to the Northern Irish inshore and Northern Irish offshore regions as set out in section 322 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
4 Carbon emissions in UK fisheries: recent trends, current levels, and pathways to Net Zero
5 Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland's fishing fleet.
6 The environmental impacts of pelagic fish caught by Scottish vessels.
9 The genomic basis and environmental correlates of local adaptation in the Atlantic horse mackerel
10 The 11 descriptors include: biodiversity; non-indigenous species; commercial fish; food webs; eutrophication; sea-floor integrity; hydrographical conditions; contaminants; contaminants in seafood; marine litter and underwater noise. For more information, see Introduction to UK Marine Strategy (cefas.co.uk)
11 Key issues are: impact of the removal of targeted species on the status of fish stocks; benthic disturbance related pressures associated with towed demersal gear; impact of the removal of targeted fish stocks on other species / wider environment; impact of bycatch (bird / mammal / fish) on biodiversity, food webs or stocks; fishing related sources contributing to marine litter; noise from pingers / acoustic deterrents contributing to marine noise.
12 Good ecological status (GES) is a metric for assessing the health of the water environment. It is assigned using various water flow, habitat and biological quality tests. Failure to meet any one individual test means that the whole water body fails to achieve good ecological status. Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (WQR0028)
13 Marine litter strategy - gov.scot
14 Reasonable alternatives definition
15 An explanation of a MSY approach to fishing is provided in Advice published by ICES
16 Sustainability of Fish Stocks | National Performance Framework
17 Where relevant, the relationship between the issue and the UK MS descriptor of GES is shown as ‘D#’ where # represents the number of the descriptor, as shown in Appendix A.
18 Kingston, A., Thomas, l. and Northridge, S. (2021) UK Bycatch Monitoring Programme Report for 2019. Sea Mammal Research Unit.
19 Northridge, S., Kingston, A. and Thomas, l. (2019) Annual report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 during 2018. Sea Mammal Research Unit).
20 Kingston, A., Thomas, l. and Northridge, S. (2021) UK Bycatch Monitoring Programme Report for 2019. Sea Mammal Research Unit.
22 Kittiwake breeding success has only been achieved for the English mainland colonies. GES for Kittiwake breeding success has not been achieved for the entire North Sea region due to breeding failures in Orkney and Shetland.
23 Anderson, O.R.J., Thompson, D. & Parsons, M. (2022). Seabird bycatch mitigation: evidence base for possible UK application and research. JNCC Report No. 717, JNCC, Peterborough. ISSN 0963-8091.
24 Northridge. S., Kinston. A. and Coram. A. (2020). Preliminary estimates of seabird bycatch by UK vessels in UK and adjacent waters. Scottish Ocean Institute, University of St Andrews. Final report to JNCC
25 Miles, J., Parsons, M. and O’Brien, S. (2020). Preliminary assessment of seabird population response to potential bycatch mitigation in the UK-registered fishing fleet. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Project Code ME6024).
26 Bell ED, Nash RMD, Garnacho E, De Oliveira J, Hanin M, Gilmour F, O’Brien CM 2023. Assessing the sustainability of negotiated fisheries catch limits by the UK for 2023. Cefas project report for Defra.
27 Kittiwake breeding success has only been achieved for the English mainland colonies. GES for Kittiwake breeding success has not been achieved for the entire North Sea region due to breeding failures in Orkney and Shetland.
Contact
Email: fmps@gov.scot