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03 September 2019
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has today (3 September 2019) published its strategic vision for environmental regulation of the Finfish Aquaculture sector.
The focus of a seven week consultation in November 2018, including SEPA’s most extensive public engagement programme across Scotland, The Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan has been informed by feedback from local communities, NGOs, industry and partner agencies with an interest in shaping SEPA’s new regulatory approach.
The sector plan is ambitious in its aspirations for an industry where in the future:
A key focus of the sector plan is to ensure that all operators in the sector will reach and maintain full compliance with Scotland’s environmental protection laws, while working to help as many operators as possible to move beyond compliance.
The sector plan accompanies the launch of a new firm, evidence-based regulatory framework on 1 June 2019 which strengthens the protection of the marine environment for the people of Scotland.
Terry A’Hearn, Chief Executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, said:
“As one of a number of organisations regulating finfish aquaculture, SEPA is clear that our job is to make sure environmental standards protect the marine environment for the people of Scotland and we make sure the industry meets those standards.
“Sector plans are at the heart of everything we do and will shape our interactions with the businesses we regulate, the communities we serve and crucially, benefit the environment which we protect.
“Across the last two years, we’ve undertaken more science, more analysis and more listening than ever before to ensure we get this right. Alongside our new regulatory framework, which we launched on 1 June 2019, SEPA will not only secure environmental compliance, but seek to enable as many operators as possible to move beyond compliance and develop innovative ways to protect Scotland’s marine environment.”
SEPA’s Scotland-wide consultation received 117 responses and was supported by nine community drop-in events and 28 one-to-one meetings between SEPA specialists and stakeholder groups. A short summary of the consultation feedback has been published alongside the sector plan.
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
SECTOR PLAN AND CONSULTATION RESPONSE
SEPA’S AQUACULTURE HUB
FINFISH AQUACULTURE CONSULTATION EVENTS