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Contribution of Existing Protected Areas of Identification of Remaining MPA Search Features Priorities Pdf, 1.40MB FINAL REPORT Contribution of existing protected areas to the MPA network and identification of remaining MPA search feature priorities For further information on this report please contact: Morven Carruthers Oliver Crawford-Avis Scottish Natural Heritage Joint Nature Conservation Committee Great Glen House Inverdee House Leachkin Road Baxter Street Inverness, IV3 8NW Aberdeen, AB11 9QA Telephone: 01463 725 018 Telephone: 01224 266587 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] This report should be quoted as: Carruthers, M., Chaniotis, P.D., Clark, L., Crawford-Avis, O., Gillham, K., Linwood, M., Oates, J., Steel, L., and Wilson, E. 2011. Contribution of existing protected areas to the MPA network and identification of remaining MPA search feature priorities. Internal report produced by Scottish Natural Heritage, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Marine Scotland for the Scottish Marine Protected Areas Project. This report, or any part of it, should not be reproduced without the permission of Scottish Natural Heritage. This permission will not be withheld unreasonably. This report was produced as part of the Scottish MPA Project and the views expressed by the author(s) should not be taken as the views and policies of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Scottish Natural Heritage or Scottish Ministers. © Scottish Natural Heritage 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Detailed assessments were completed for each of the MPA search features, based on the data available in GeMS1. These were used as a basis to assess the extent to which MPA search features are represented within the existing network of protected areas. 130 protected areas (including marine SACs, SPA extensions, SSSIs with maritime components, and fisheries areas established for nature conservation purposes) were included in the analysis. A further eight locations (including Areas of Search for SACs and dSACs) were noted, but not considered in the assessment as part of the existing MPA network. Eight MPA search features are considered to be well represented within the existing network, either in territorial or offshore waters, or both. A further five MPA search features are not considered to be useful drivers for the selection of MPAs, in light of the data available. 24 SACs and six fisheries areas established for nature conservation were considered to contribute to the protection of MPA search features. 10 further protected areas could provide an additional contribution to the network if they were enhanced with MPA designation. 31 MPA search features are considered to remain priorities, either in territorial or offshore waters, or both. The list of MPA search features which will be used to focus options for finalising the MPA network will be refined following the outcome of discussions at the 3rd National Stakeholder workshop and agreement of which areas will be enhanced. 1 GeMS - Geodatabase of Marine features in Scotland 2 Contents Page no. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 2 1. BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................... 5 2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................... 6 3. METHODS................................................................................................................... 6 4. ASSESSMENT OF MPA SEARCH FEATURE PRESENCE AND PRIORITISATION OF REMAINING MPA SEARCH FEATURES............................................................. 9 5. ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING EXISTING PROTECTED AREAS ........................................................................................................................ 20 6. NEXT STEPS .............................................................................................................. 27 7. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................... 28 Annex 1 Description of detailed assessments undertaken for MPA search features....................................................................................................... 28 Annex 2 Existing protected areas considered within the analysis ............................ 31 3 List of figures and tables Page no. Figure 1 Technical process for identifying Nature Conservation MPAs: how MPA search features will be used to complete the MPA network............................. 5 Table A(i) Contribution of existing SACs to the MPA network .......................................... 9 Table A(ii) Contribution of existing fisheries areas established for nature conservation to the MPA network..................................................................... 12 Table B Representation of MPA search features within existing SACs and fisheries areas established for nature conservation ......................................... 12 Table C MPA search features already well represented within existing protected areas ................................................................................................................ 15 Table D MPA search features which are not well represented within existing protected areas but which are not being considered as drivers for developing the MPA network …. ...................................................................... 15 Table E MPA search features considered to be gaps in the existing network............... 16 Table F Occurrence of MPA search features within and adjacent to existing protected areas and preferred options for their contribution to the network............................................................................................................. 21 Table G Existing protected areas containing MPA search features identified as gaps, together with reasons for not considering further ................................... 25 4 1. BACKGROUND The Scottish MPA Selection Guidelines set out the policy and approach for selecting MPAs and developing an ecologically coherent network of MPAs in Scotland’s seas. MPAs are set within the broader context of Scottish Government’s three pillar approach to marine nature conservation comprising site protection, species protection and wider seas policies and measures. Figure 1 is taken from the MPA Selection Guidelines and shows the technical process for identifying MPAs. Figure 1 Technical process for identifying Nature Conservation MPAs: how MPA search features will be used to complete the MPA network Step B in the flow chart above incorporates the current analysis as well as other related tasks. Under Initial steps (Section 5.6), the Scottish MPA Selection Guidelines state: For biodiversity, the process began with development of a list of MPA search features 2 and a review of: The potential contribution that existing (and proposed) Natura sites and other designations could make to the protection of MPA search features. 2 A list of MPA search features is provided in Annex 3 of the Scottish MPA Selection Guidelines 5 This analysis is about recognising what these protected areas can deliver beyond their existing qualifying features and management. Included within this analysis are areas with fisheries restrictions which have been put in place for the purpose of nature conservation. 2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this analysis is to assess which features are already being protected by existing protected areas, which existing protected areas could deliver more to the MPA network through enhancement and therefore identify which MPA search features should remain as priorities in the identification of suitable search locations. The objectives are to: i. Assess the distribution of MPA search features within existing protected areas including Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas3, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and fisheries areas established for nature conservation. ii. Assess the protection of MPA search features within existing protected areas. This assessment is to be based on whether or not the feature is considered to be part of the feature(s) covered by the formal designation or the fisheries management. iii. Identify existing protected areas which already contribute to the network. Identify and prioritise options for increasing the contribution that existing protected areas could make to the network if they were to be enhanced by a Nature Conservation MPA. iv. Identify which MPA search features should be considered priorities for selecting new Nature Conservation MPAs in Scotland’s seas. 3. METHODS The assessment work was carried out in four parts: A. Detailed assessment of each MPA search feature. B. Assessment of presence of MPA search features in existing protected areas. C. Identification of areas which already contribute to the protection of MPA search features and those which could deliver more through enhancing the existing protection. D. Review of prioritisation of MPA search features. The methods used for each are described below. A. Detailed assessment of each MPA search feature Annex 1 provides a description of the detailed assessments undertaken for each MPA search feature. The data on which these assessments are based come from GeMS4 (Ver. 1). The assessments have been produced to provide transparent summaries of all the relevant information on these features and allow ready access to the interpreted data without having to rely on direct access to GeMS. The detailed assessments
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