Who's
Who?
A
"Competent Authority" is any statutory body
or public office exercising legislative powers.
A
"Relevant Authority" is one having local powers
or functions relating to the European marine site
and adjacent areas.
The
"Management Group" comprises all relevant and
some competent authorities and meets to oversee the
implementation of their Management Scheme for the
site.
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Management
Scheme
If
the Berwickshire & North Northumberland Coast European marine
site is to be maintained in favourable condition for future
generations to enjoy, some form of management is required
to ensure that future; to this end a Management Scheme has
been developed.
This document,
launched in 2001, describes activities occurring within the
site and how they will be managed in order to ensure that
the conservation objectives for the site are met.
The Scheme
has been developed by the Management
Group for the European Marine Site, which comprises
all relevant and some competent authorities for the site.
(see Who's Who box above).
The Management
Scheme has been developed through extensive consultation from
1998 to 2000 with statutory agencies, relevant and competent
authorities and user groups with an interest in the site.
The
Management Scheme:
- identifies
human activities and operations that may have a detrimental
impact upon the notified features of the site;
- assesses
current management of these activities, and
- prescribes
an action plan (2001-2006) of specific management measures
for each activity, and for each relevant authority, to ensure
favourable condition of the site.
Thus,
the Scheme enables members of the Management Group to plan
and assess their individual responsibility and contribution
towards achieving the conservation objectives for the site.
To download
the full Management Scheme (left), or the summary document
(right), click on the cover images below.
Activities
on land and sea:
Given
that the Berwickshire & North Northumberland Coast European
marine site covers 115km of coast and nearly 650 square kilometres
of sea, there are many activities and operations, both on
land and at sea, that have the potential to affect the site.
These are listed below.
| Activities
at sea |
Activities
on land |
- Anchoring
- Aquaculture
(oysters)
- Creel/pot
fisheries
- Discharges
and waste management
- Diving
- Dredging
fisheries (e.g. scallop, cockles)
- Dredging
- ports and harbours
- Litter
- Industrial
fisheries
- Oil
and chemical discharges
- Port/harbour
related development
- Trawling
(benthic and demersal fisheries)
- Water
sports and water based recreation
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- Agriculture
(runoff and effluent)
- Bait
and food collection (from sediment and rocky shores)
- Coastal
defence (flood defence and protection)
- Discharges
and waste management
- Litter
- Land-based
recreation
- Port/harbour
related development
- Wildfowling
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New
plans, projects and developments within the European marine
site:
The
Management Scheme also describes the process for considering
whether new and existing plans, projects and consents may
have a significant effect upon the site and the procedure
for carrying out an appropriate assessment of these effects.
This procedure is summarized in the diagram below.
Implementation:
The Management Scheme is now in the implementation phase.
Some of the management measures prescribe by the Scheme fall
within the usual work programme of a number of authorities,
but others require additional work by relevant authorities.
For a latest update on progress in implementation, follow
this link to the News and Events page.
 Monitoring:
English Nature and Scottish Natural Heritage, as the appropriate
statutory nature conservation bodies, are required to report
on the condition of the site on a 6 year cycle. The Management
Scheme therefore sets out a monitoring programme and schedule.
The results of this monitoring programme will inform management
of the site by establishing whether current measures are effective
in maintaining the notified features in favourable condition
and by providing a sound basis for developing new management
measures as appropriate.
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