Chronological list of advice relating to MPA and PMF management measures
This page outlines NatureScot advice between 2016 and present relevant to the management measures for fishing activity consultation, with dates when advice was completed.
MPA advice
- Conservation and Management Advice (CMA) documents (2018-2025)
- Basking sharks - Identifying zones where basking sharks occur more frequently within a possible MPA to aid management discussions (2019)
- Review of changes to proposed fisheries management boundaries for Clyde Sea Sill MPA (May 2020)
- Review of changes to proposed fisheries management boundaries Fetlar to Haroldswick MPA (June 2020)
- NatureScot additional management advice for demersal mobile/active fishing activities in the Sound of Barra SAC (May 2022)
- Scoping the remaining requirements for fisheries management measures in Scottish inshore MPAs (September 2022)
- Discussion paper on sandeel and herring sensitivities in relation to MPA fisheries management measure advice (February 2023)
- Supplementary paper on sandeel and herring distribution data to support MPA fisheries management measure advice and development (February 2023)
- NatureScot Fisheries Management Advice – Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC (June 2023)
- Supplementary advice to marine directorate on long-lining in relation to Special Protection Area fishing activity advice (22 January 2024)
- Further advice on fishing activity relevant to Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in the MPA network (January 2024)
- Note on NatureScot’s considerations for development of marine mammal advice in relation to static gear fishing activities (January 2024)
- Review of cetacean and basking shark distribution data in relation to advice on static gear for relevant Marine Protected Areas (February 2024)
- NatureScot Fisheries Management Advice – Supporting information for basking shark in relation to interaction with static nets (tangle in particular) (March 2024)
- SPA Fishing Activity Further Advice and Evidence documents (2025)
