Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

Charlotte Rachael Hopkins; David Mark Bailey; Tavis Potts

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.015

Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

Charlotte Rachael Hopkins, David Mark Bailey, Tavis Potts

University of Glasgow

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Abstract

Significant progress has been made towards implementing Marine Protected Area (MPA) networks in UK waters, with Scotland successfully designating 30 new Scottish MPA sites in July 2014. This paper reviews the Scottish MPA process up to the point of implementation, summarising the process that led to the designation of the MPA network. In particular, this paper investigates the extent to which the process i) effectively engaged stakeholders; ii) used ecological guiding principles; and iii) considered climate change. In doing so, this paper highlights several key issues if the Scottish MPA network is to move beyond an administrative exercise and is able to make a meaningful contribution to marine biodiversity protection for Europe: i) fully adopt best practice ecological principles ii) ensure effective protection and iii) explicitly consider climate change in the management, monitoring and future iterations of the network.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-53
Number of pages	10
Journal	Marine Policy
Volume	71
Early online date	24 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.015
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

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Acknowledgements
This research was supported and funded by Climate XChange (reference no: A10431853). Climate XChange is a collaborative initiative between Scottish research and higher education institutes and is funded by the Scottish Government. The authors would like to thank Marine Scotland, JNCC and SNH for their permission to reproduce their figures of the Scottish MPA process and maps of the Scottish MPA network.

Keywords

marine protected areas
climate change
conservation policy
marine conservation
marine protected networks
Scotland

UN SDGs

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Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

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