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Council of Ministers agrees its position on new CFP
added byHugh
on15/05/2013
The Council of Ministers has agreed its position on the new Common Fisheries Policy: the discard ban has survived, though fish will still be thrown back. Now they enter final negotiations with the European Parliament - the end is in sight!
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The Scottish government has responsibility for creating Nature Conservation marine protected areas in Scotland. They will be called “MPAs”, not “MCZs” as in England and Wales.
At this time (early 2013), the Scottish Government has been presented with 33 proposed MPAs and four MPA search locations (yet to progress to proposal stage) by their nature conservation bodies. These experts say that at least 29 MPAs are needed for a decent network of protected seas. Later this year, the government will say which sites it wants to take forward and will ask the public for their views in a consultation.
The level of protection that an MPA will have will be a separate decision, based on the sort of features the site is meant to protect, and the impact that different activities could have on them.
To find out more have a look at the Scottish Government's information page on MPAs
Scottish Environment LINK’s Marine Taskforce is working together to save Scottish seas and has produced a series of briefings, exploring the creation of Scotland's Marine Protected Area network
Briefing 1: MPAs: an introduction
Briefing 2: MPAs: the selection process
Briefing 3: MPAs: ecologically coherent networks
Briefing 4: MPAs: the economic benefits
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