Non-licensable Activity Impacts on Marine Protected Areas Questionnaire

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have commissioned the Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) at the University of Hull to gather both local and regional evidence of non-licensable activities occurring in English (inshore and offshore) Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

Building on previous research, this work will contribute to a robust evidence base on the full range and types of marine non-licensable activities, their spatial extent, current and potential intensity, and risk of impact on designated features within English MPAs. The questionnaire will ask you to consider the MPAs that you are most familiar with, and will seek to collect information on:

• your knowledge of non-licensable marine activities in specific MPAs (including the extent, frequency, duration, and participation levels for different activities);
• the potential impacts of non-licensable activities on MPA features; and
• current management controls.

Non-licensable activities in this study include:

Recreational sea angling, anchoring and mooring activities, commercial fishing, shipping and dog walking are excluded from this study as they have either been assessed by other studies, do not come under the remit of the MMO, or have management structures that are less well defined.

Your participation in this questionnaire is entirely voluntary and all data provided will be anonymised. We anticipate that the survey should take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete.

Please click this link to access the survey

The closing date for completing the survey is midnight Friday 10th August 2018.

Please contact either Sue Boyes (s.j.boyes@hull.ac.uk) or Steve Barnard (steve.barnard@hull.ac.uk) on 01482 466762 for any further information.