New Year's News
As everyone has returned from their Christmas break, routine is settling back in at Solway Firth Partnership. Here is some news the New Year has brought with it:
A number of new layers have been added and updated to the National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi). The new layers include proposals for remaining Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the latest figures on human populations according to the Census 2011 showing the density of usual residents by output areas. Furthermore, a new section called “National Marine Plan – 2015” has been added which displays all the maps in the national marine plan that was lodged in the Scottish Parliament in December 2014. Additional updates were introduced in the categories Spills, Casualties and Search & Rescue, Aquaculture, Historic Environment and Cultural Heritage, Defence and, finally, Fishing. Any feedback or suggestion for new data sets that would be useful to display on NMPi are welcome at all times and can be sent to Martyn Cox at martyn.cox@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.
As part of the Improvement Programme for England’s Natura 2000 Sites (IPENS) a Site Improvement Plan (SIP) for Solway Firth has been published. SIP220 provides an overview of the issues (both current and predicted) affecting the condition of the Natura 2000 features on the site(s) and outlines the priority measures required to improve the condition of the features. Find out more.
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