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How ar are MPAs Man anaged?

MPA management Mean High Water Mean Low Water Intertidal Zone Marine Protected Area Terrestrial Legislation, Policies and Management Tools Marine Legislation, Policies and Management Tools Marine Protected Area

Mean High Water Mean Low Water Intertidal Zone Scottish Terrestrial Legislation, Policies and Management Tools OR Scottish Marine Scottish Marine Legislation, Policies Legislation, Policies and Management and Management Tools SCOTLAND Tools ENGLAND English Terrestrial Legislation, Policies English Marine Legislation, Policies and Management and Management Tools Tools OR English Marine Legislation, Policies and Management Tools Intertidal Zone

Who Puts Management in Place? • • Natural England Scottish Natural Heritage • • Marine Management Marine Scotland • Organisation Scottish Environment • Environment Agency Protection Agency • • Northumberland County Scottish Borders Council • Council River Tweed Commission • • St Abbs Harbour Trust National Trust for Scotland • • Eyemouth Harbour Trust Trinity House • • Berwick Harbour Commission Norther Lighthouse Board • • North Sunderland Harbour Ministry of Defence • Commission Crown Estate • • National Trust Historic England • • Northumberland Inshore Port of Blyth • Fisheries and Conservation Warkworth Harbour Authority Commissioner • • Maritime and Coastguard Scottish Water • Agency North Tyneside Council

Statutory ry Dutie ies Habitats Regulations duty on Competent Authorities: • To have regard to all European Sites in the exercise their functions Marine and Coastal Access Act (S.125) Duty on Public Authorities in England: • Exercise their functions in a way to further (or where this is not possible least hinder) the conservation objectives for MCZs

Statutory ry Dutie ies Habitats Regulations duty on Competent Authorities: • To have regard to all European Sites in the exercise their functions Marine (Scotland) Act (S.82) Duty on Public Authorities in Scotland: • Exercise its functions in the manner which it considers best furthers the stated conservation objectives for the MPA

Statutory Dutie ies Statutory duty to take reasonable steps to conserve and enhance the special features of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Wildlife and Countryside Act/Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act) Biodiversity Duty (Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act/The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act)

How can activ ivities be Photo credit: Lindisfrane NNR managed? Consents, permissions and licences • Planning • Marine licences • Discharge consents • SSSI consents etc. Byelaws Policy and strategy Codes of Conduct, guidance , publicity campaigns, voluntary agreements etc.

Consents, , permis issions and lic licences Planning Permission (down to low mean water): Local Authorities Marine Licences: Marine Scotland/MMO SSSI consents/assents: SNH/NE Discharge consents: SEPA/EA

Byelaw making powers Organisations with powers to make byelaws for marine protected areas: • Marine Scotland • MMO • IFCAs An number of other organisations have wider byelaw making powers, e.g. Local Authorities

How can activ ivities be managed? Consents, permissions and licences • Planning • Marine licences • Discharge consents • SSSI consents etc. Bylaws Policy and strategy Codes of Conduct, guidance , publicity campaigns etc.

• The Habitat Regulations allow for the production of a Management Scheme to coordinate the management of a European Marine Site and to address the need for extra management provisions for marine areas. • Scheme in place for Berwickshire/North Northumberland since 2000 • Hence existence of the Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership

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Conservatio ion Advic ice Photo credit: National Trust for Scotland • Statutory Nature Conservation Agencies required to publish the conservation objectives for inshore MPAs and identify potentially harmful operations • This is done through the publication of Conservation Advice packages • site information • supplementary advice on designated features • advice on operations Advice package helps you decide whether any planned marine activity will have an impact on the features of a protected marine site

Useful websites • Designated sites view (England) https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk • Site Link (Scotland) https://sitelink.nature.scot/home • MAGIC website https://magic.defra.gov.uk • Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership www.xbordercurrents.co.uk

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Th Thank You for r Your r Attentio ion Nick Brodin Project Officer T: 01670 622 651 E: nick.brodin@northumberland.gov.uk • https://twitter.com/xbordercurrents • https://www.facebook.com/BerwickshireNorth umberlandMarineNaturePartnership/ With thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund