Formal Consultation – MMO management of fishing activity impacts in marine protected areas – Stage 3

Overview

Guidance (Please read before completing the survey)

Before providing any responses, the documentation below is available to familiarise yourself with the Stage 3 formal consultation and the steps involved in the creation of the site assessments. Referencing specific pages and paragraphs in your response will help us fully understand your comments and give them the greatest value. 

There are several options, you can provide;

• a general response under the ‘General comments’ section; or
• a general response to a specific region under the relevant ‘region – regional comments’ section; or
• a response to a specific site.

You do not need to provide a response on every section, it is possible to respond only to the points of interest.

We have provided below, recommended questions you may wish to address in your response:

1. Do you have any additional information about the location, condition, or sensitivity of the designated features?
2. Do you have information on the type, location, frequency, or intensity of fishing activity within the MPAs?
3. Do you agree or disagree with the proposed management measures? Do you have any suggestions for other management measures?
4. How would the proposed management measures affect you? Or those you represent?
5. What impacts, if any, do you anticipate the proposed management measures will have on UK fishing vessels, operators, or supply chains?
6. What impacts, if any, do you anticipate the proposed management measures will have on non-UK fishing vessels, operators, or supply chains (including those from the EU)?

7. What other impacts could the proposed management measures have? For example, on fishers, the wider fishing community, coastal communities, employment, upstream and downstream supply chains, people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, fish stocks, the marine environment.