L8 : acceptable impacts (p2)

Question 1

Lyme Bay MPA

Answer 1

• BTF exclusion
• 200 sq km
• 2008 +

Question 2

BTF

Answer 2

bottom towed fishing

Question 3

Socioeconomic Impacts

Answer 3

1. quantify the socio-economic impact for various stakeholder groups:
   - fishermen
   - tourism/recreational groups
   - supporting industries
   - enforcement agencies
2. examine perceptions and attitude changes towards the closed area
3. conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the socio-economic impacts of establishing MPAs in the UK

Question 4

Lyme Bay MPA

Answer 4

• DWT and other conservations working to protect reefs since early 90s
• voluntary closures
• UK law statutory instrument
• IFCA byelaws
• cSAC

Question 5

IFCA

Answer 5

Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

Question 6

Dredging/Trawling

Answer 6

• known to impact sessile, long lived species, slow growing reef species
• concerns that scallop dredging was not only removing biogenic species but also irreparably destroying mud stone habitat