{"id":4765,"date":"2016-02-09T15:16:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T15:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2019-04-04T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T10:33:05","slug":"simple-guide-to-the-mpa-management-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/02\/09\/simple-guide-to-the-mpa-management-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple guide to the MPA management measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/marine-environment\/mpanetwork\/developing\/DesignationOrders\">Thirty Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)<\/a> were designated in Scotland\u2019s seas on\u00a024 July 2014, of which\u00a017\u00a0fall under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Topics\/marine\/seamanagement\/marineact\">Marine (Scotland) Act 2010<\/a> in inshore waters.<\/p>\n<p>In line with EU legislation, suitable management measures must be implemented at each site to conserve the protected features and\u00a0the 17 inshore MPAs and 22 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) were split into\u00a0two groups to allow for\u00a0phased implementation of management measures.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the site groupings can be\u00a0found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Resource\/0046\/00463043.pdf\">Prioritisation Document<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0non-statutory guide to the Marine Protected Area management measures\u00a0has now been published on the Marine Scotland website in support of these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/marine-environment\/mpanetwork\">Marine Protected Area information on the Marine Scotland website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were designated in Scotland\u2019s seas on\u00a024 July 2014, of which\u00a017\u00a0fall under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 in inshore waters. 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