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Division · motion

Reconsidering Highly Protected Marine Areas

S6M-08766 · decided 03 May 2023 · lodged by Hamilton, Rachael · session S6
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Carried 62/53
That the Parliament values the £560 million that fishing contributes to Scotland’s economy and the communities that rely on that industry; recognises fish and shellfish as Scotland’s climate-smart food; further recognises that the fishing industry has worked constructively with the Scottish Government for many years on the network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covering 37% of Scotland’s seas; notes that the Scottish Government’s plans to arbitrarily designate 10% of Scotland’s waters as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) with no scientific basis, or proper analysis of any ecological justification; further notes the significant concerns of the fishing sector as a whole and the coastal communities that rely on it, in relation to the Scottish Government’s HPMA proposals and that those proposals have failed to gain the support of coastal communities and that many local authorities also oppose them; notes the lack of any baseline, reliable methodology or modelling and a lack of suitable indicators for assessing their impact; believes that the HPMA policy is at odds with the Scottish Government’s own established cycle of reviewing the MPA network that has been carefully and rigorously developed, and calls upon the Scottish Government to fundamentally reconsider its HPMA proposals and the timeframe for their introduction.

Vote heatmap · 129 MSPs

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  • Yes
  • No
  • Abstain
  • Not voted
For 62
SNP 56
Green 6
Against 53
Con 28
Lab 20
LD 4
SNP 1
Abstain 2
SNP 2
Not voted 12
SNP 5
Con 3
Lab 2
Green 1
NPA 1