Advice relating to MPA and PMF management measures for marine habitats
Documents below relate to our supplementary advice on marine habitats regarding management measures for fishing.
- PMF advice documents provide information on the distribution, ecology, status and sensitivity of the 11 most sensitive PMFs to bottom-contacting mobile fishing activity, along with existing and proposed fisheries measures providing PMF protection and our recommendations on additional key locations for protection.
- Scoping the remaining requirements for fisheries management measures in Scottish inshore MPAs
- NatureScot Fisheries Management Advice – Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC
- Review of changes to proposed fisheries management boundaries for Clyde Sea Sill MPA
- Review of changes to proposed fisheries management boundaries Fetlar to Haroldswick MPA
- NatureScot additional management advice for demersal mobile/active fishing activities in the Sound of Barra SAC
- Summary of NatureScot’s advice for PMF management areas since 2018
- Proposal to implement BACI monitoring for South Arran MPA and Sound of Barra SAC in relation to proposed PMF management areas
Other useful information
- NatureScot’s SiteLink contains Conservation and Management Advice (CMA) for each relevant site. The CMAs provide NatureScot’s formal advice for a full range of activities. These site-specific documents can be viewed here, on the relevant MPA page.
