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Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) - site selection: draft guidelines
Guidelines describing the proposed process for identifying and selecting Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in Scottish waters. These were drafted by our statutory nature conservation advisors, NatureScot and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
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Highly Protected Marine Areas: consultation
This consultation paper sets out the background, process, and rationale for Scottish Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMA), as well as containing the consultation questions.
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Highly Protected Marine Areas: policy framework
Sets out our proposed definition and aims of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) and what this could mean for different activities taking place in Scottish waters. Also describes how we will account for socio-economic factors alongside ecological considerations and proposed new legal powers.
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Delivering Scotland's circular economy: Proposed Circular Economy Bill - Consultation analysis
Report of the analysis of responses to the consultation on proposed provisions for a Circular Economy Bill.
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Wildlife management: consultation
We are consulting on proposals relating to: introducing a licensing scheme for grouse shooting; increased regulation for muirburn (the burning of vegetation to maintain moorland); banning the use of glue traps; and increased regulation of other wildlife traps.
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Small landholdings modernisation: consultation
This consultation seeks views on proposals relating to the modernisation of small landholdings; responses to this consultation will provide insight on how best to do so.
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Coal extraction: consultation analysis
Independent analysis of the responses to our call for evidence on coal extraction.
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Hunting with dogs: consultation analysis
Key themes to emerge from our consultation on the use of dogs to control foxes and other wild mammals in Scotland.
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Breaking New Ground? Developing a Scottish tax to replace the UK Aggregates Levy: consultation
The Programme for Government 2022 to 2023 sets out a commitment to introduce a Scottish Aggregates Levy Bill. To help inform the Bill, this consultation invites views on how a new and distinctive Scottish aggregates tax, replacing the current UK levy, should be structured and operate.
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Fishing vessels - economic link licence condition amendment proposals consultation: outcome report
Provides an analysis of responses and outcome to the seeking views on proposed amendments to the economic link licence condition contained in all Scottish over 10 metre vessel sea fisheries licences. It sets out the changes to be introduced from 1 January 2023.