Summary
The Department and its stakeholders have reviewed Northern Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas Strategy, which was first published in 2014. The Department is now consulting on the Marine Protected Areas Strategy for the Northern Ireland Inshore Area 2024-2030 and would like to hear your views. We are using Citizen Space for collating responses from stakeholders – please provide your responses to the survey online if you can. If you are unable to complete this survey online, please contact the team by email on marineconservation@daera-ni.gov.uk or call 028 77442191.
Documents
- Review of Marine Protected Areas Strategy Consultation Paper
- Equality & Disability Duties Screening for the Marine Protected Areas Strategy Review
- Rural Needs Impact Assessment (RNIA) for the Marine Protected Areas Strategy Review
- Synopsis of responses to the Consultation on the Review of the MPA Strategy for the Northern Ireland Inshore Region
Consultation description
The Marine Protected Areas Strategy for the Northern Ireland Inshore Area 2024-30 consultation document provides an outline of the policy drivers for the development of this strategy and sets out the Objectives and Actions which we consider necessary to ensure that our marine protected areas are managed to address biodiversity loss while providing adaptation and resilience to climate change.
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.