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Safeguarding Our Heritage - the Fair Isle marine resource, a community proposal for its sustainable management

mochrils.gif (6625 bytes)This document should be cited as: Riddiford, N. J. 1998. Safeguarding Our Heritage - the Fair Isle marine resource, a community proposal for its sustainable management. FICA, FIBOT & NTS, Fair Isle & Inverness.

Contents

Executive summary

Introduction

1. Fair Isle now and then: the current and historical maritime situation
1.1
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1.2 THE ISSUES
1.2.1 The Natural Environment
1.2.2 Man and the Environment

2. Future Fair Isle: retaining, maintaining and enhancing its maritime values
2.1
STATUS, RECOGNITION, PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
2.1.1 Status and Recognition
2.1.2 Protection
2.1.3 Management

2.2 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
2.2.1 The Community perspective
2.2.2 Management issues, principles and responsibilities
2.2.3 Community Empowerment and Statutory Authority support

2.3 SAFEGUARDING OUR HERITAGE - ACTION POINTS

3. Safeguarding our Seas: Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Appendix 1:
Scientific names of animal and plant species mentioned in the text

Appendix 2:
Conservation objectives and management recommendations in Monitoring the sea for birds - Fair Isle and adjacent waters

Appendix 3:
The Fair Isle Marine Environment and Tourism Initiative

Appendix 4:
Summary of Fair Isle’s marine wildlife features

Appendix 5:
Marine and coastal species of local, regional, national or international importance

Appendix 6:
Marine communities described for Fair Isle and their national status

Appendix 7:
Shipwrecks of high historical, archaeological and cultural importance

Appendix 8:
Example of Fair Isle community action against illegal trawling, 1908

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