Assessing the significance of the economic impact of Marine Conservation Zones in the Irish Sea upon the fisheries sector and regional economy in Northern Ireland |
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| Institution: | 1. University of the West of England, Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Ln, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK;2. Black & Veatch, 38 City Road, Chester CH1 3AE, UK;1. University of Bologna, School of Economics, Management and Statistics, Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy;2. University of Bournemouth, Faculty of Management, Talbot Campus, Poole, BH 125BB Dorset, UK;3. National Agricultural Research Foundation, Fisheries Research Institute (FRI), Nea Peramos, Kavala, Greece;4. University of Genoa, Department of Architectural Science (DSA), Genoa, Italy;5. University of Tuscia, Department of Ecology and Biology (DEB), Viterbo, Italy;6. UMR 5474 LAMETA, Université Paul Valéry (UPVM), F-34000 Montpellier, France;7. UMR 5474 LAMETA, Université de Montpellier (UM), F-34000 Montpellier, France;8. University of Genoa, Department of Earth Science Environment and Life (DISTAV), Genoa, Italy;1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan;2. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan;3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan;1. Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Rd, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK;2. National Oceanography Centre, Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L3 5DA, UK;1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Sir John Rogerson''s Quay, Dublin, Ireland;2. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;3. Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, Whitaker Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland;4. Inland Fisheries Ireland, 3044 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin, Ireland;1. University of Plymouth, United Kingdom;2. University of Exeter, 143 Beeleigh Link, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6PH, United Kingdom;3. Marine Conservation Society, Over Ross House, Ross Park, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 7QQ, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | This paper highlights the tension between advocacy for ‘Blue growth’ in maritime policy and efforts to safeguard future economic growth via the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In 2015, policy-makers withdrew three of four proposed Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in the Irish Sea from consideration for designation, due to concerns that they could significantly impact on the fisheries sector in Northern Ireland because they overlap with prawn fishing grounds in the Irish Sea. Although research has quantified the potential impact upon fishing vessels, none has quantified the impact upon the fisheries sector nor assessed the significance of this impact. Arguably, MCZ designations (or lack thereof) based on the ‘significance’ of an impact require robust underpinning evidence. This paper reports the findings of an Economic Impact Assessment, which has quantified the impact of a decline in landings upon the Northern Ireland fisheries sector and regional economy (data which is currently absent from the evidence base for the MCZ designation process in England). It finds that this will incur job losses in three fishing ports in Northern Ireland, but is unlikely to have a significant impact upon Northern Ireland's fisheries sector and regional economy in terms of jobs and Gross Value Added (GVA). In the worst case, the resulting economic impact is a decrease of £1.05–1.12 m/year GVA in Northern Ireland, which is 1.1% of the contribution of fishing and fish processing to the regional economy. Economic significance assessments, using this methodology, may be useful in supporting the evidence base underpinning MCZ designation and other aspects of marine planning. |
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| Keywords: | Marine protected area Marine conservation zone Economic impact assessment Significance Fisheries |
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