Transcript UK – southern North Sea site proposals – Jan 2015

Southern North Sea Marine Protected Areas –
Proposed Fisheries Management Measures
Designation and Management of Marine Protected Areas
(MPAs) in UK
• The UK MPA network forms an integral element to meeting EC Marine
Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requirements to put in place spatial
protection measures which contribute to a coherent and representative
network of MPAs and provide an effective measure to deliver Good
Environmental Status.
• There are two main types of MPA: European Marine Sites under the Birds and
Habitats Directives, and Marine Conservation Zones under the Marine and
Coastal Access Act 2009 aimed at meeting commitments relating to the MSFD
• For European sites, there is a common criteria for selection and a common
regulated assessment procedure with respect to activities that are likely to
have a significant effect on the sites
• The selection of Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ) is guided by the principles
set out by OSPAR, and have a similar regulatory regime to minimise adverse
impacts of activities.
• For all the sites, the minimum environmental standard is to ensure that sites
remain in, or are restored to, a favourable condition.
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Common Fisheries Policy
• Article 11 provides a process through which Member States can
propose fisheries management measures for sites designated under
the Nature Directives and other sites identified as requirement to
deliver the MPA aspects of the MSFD
• All measures passed under Article 11 need to be sufficiently robust as
to meet EU environmental law obligations and the objectives of the
CFP.
• These measures should include applying:
– The precautionary principle
– Avoiding the deterioration of natural habitats and the habitats of species as well as
the disturbance of the species for which they have been designated
– Establishing “necessary conservation measures” that will meet the ecological
requirements of the protected habitats or species in a SAC
– Establishing “spatial protection measures” that will contribute to a “coherent and
representative network of MPAs”
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Common Fisheries Policy (cont.)
• The initiating Member State and other Member States with a direct
management interest may submit a joint recommendation as referred
to in Article 18(1) within 6 months from the provision of sufficient
information.
• Under Article 18(2) Member States are obliged to consult Advisory
Councils as part of this process
• If all Member States succeed in reaching an agreement on the
measures, these are submitted to the Commission, who shall adopt
the measures, within 3 months
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Southern North Sea sites
• Following stakeholder workshops in the
Netherlands and the UK in August 2014 and May
2015, fisheries management measures are
proposed for the following sites in the southern
North Sea:
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North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SCI
Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton SCI
Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge SCI
North East of Farnes Deep MCZ
Swallow Sand MCZ
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North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SCI
• This site has been designated for the following features:
• - Sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time
• - Reef
• The Conservation Objective is to restore the features Sandbanks
slightly covered by seawater all the time and Reef to Favourable
Condition.
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Management boundary: North Norfolk sandbanks and
Saturn Reef SCI
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VMS report indicating all fishing activity in North Norfolk
Sandbanks and Saturn Reef SCI 2013 – by nationality
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Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton SCI
• This site has been designated for the following features:
• - Sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time
• - Reef
• The Conservation Objective is to maintain the feature Sandbanks
slightly covered by seawater all the time and maintain or restore the
Reef feature to Favourable Condition.
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Management boundary: Haisborough, Hammond and
Winterton SCI
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VMS report indicating all fishing activity in the Haisborough, Hammond
and Winterton SCI 2013 – by nationality
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Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge SCI
• This site was designated for the following features:
• - Sandbanks slightly covered by seawater all the time
• - Reef
• The Conservation Objective is to maintain or restore Sandbanks
slightly covered by seawater all the time and Reef to Favourable
Condition.
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Management boundary: Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and
North Ridge SCI
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VMS report indicating all fishing activity in Inner Dowsing,
Race Bank and North Ridge SCI 2013 by nationality
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Swallow Sand MCZ
• This site was designated for the following features:
• - Subtidal coarse sediment
• - Subtidal sand
• The Conservation Objective is to maintain or restore the Subtidal
coarse sediment and the Subtidal sand to a Favourable Condition.
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Management boundary: Swallow Sand MCZ
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VMS report indicating all fishing activity in the Swallow
Sand MCZ 2013 by nationality
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North East of Farnes Deep MCZ
• This site was designated for the following features:
• - Subtidal coarse sediment
• - Subtidal sand
• The Conservation Objective is to maintain the Subtidal coarse
sediment and the Subtidal sand in Favourable Condition.
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Management boundary: North East of Farnes Deep MCZ
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VMS report indicating all fishing activity in the North East
of Farnes Deep MCZ 2013 by nationality
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Expected timeline for development of SNS management
proposals and consultation
• Meeting with the NSAC Spatial Planning Working Group –
13 January
• Informal consultation with Advisory Committee, other
MS/stakeholders – January 2016 – 6 weeks
• Meeting with MS – April 2016
• Formal consultation with MS to agree Joint
Recommendation following the Scheveningen Terms of
Reference – May-October 2016 (up to 6 months)
• Submit Recommendations to the Commission –
November/December 2016
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