Strategy Report for Non-licensable activity impacts on Marine Protected Areas

The MMO has an obligation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to further the conservation objectives of MPAs, including using its byelaw making powers and marine planning policy to directly or indirectly manage unlicensed activities. Non-licensable activities (covering a range of activities, from bait collection for angling through to diving) within MPAs are not well understood in terms of the location or intensity in time and space. This work is to build upon recent recreational projects such as MMO 1013...