1. Role of Fisheries Trusts/ Boards in River Basin Management Planning

2. Continuous cycle to protect and improve the water environment
Monitor
Classify
Identify pressures
Prioritise
assign owner
design measure
Set objectives
Implement measure
In order to have an objective in the river basin plan, there must be a pressure identified and a measure to improve that pressure. Eg. A river is showing poor water quality in monitoring results, indicating a diffuse pollution pressure. The measure is to address the diffuse pollution through improving agricultural practices, which is achieved through targeted catchment work.
Every less than good classification needs to have a pressure recorded against it

3. FFAG inputs on prioritisation and objective setting
RBMP – what is your role?
Local knowledge, help identify why fish populations are not good
Monitor
Classify
Identify pressures
Prioritise
Assign Owner
Design measure
Set objectives
Implement measure
Support delivery of measures – esp. barriers
Verify or challenge SEPA’s classification, provide evidence
FFAG inputs on prioritisation
and objective setting
Knowledge of habitat – verify SEPA’s desk based assessments
Advisory groups like Fish and Fisheries Advisory Group help shape the plans. Fisheries Management Scotland sits on FFAG.
Public consultations are really important, so please do look at those and have your say. Not only on how we are classifying but on how objectives are set and measures delivered
There is on-going work of trusts of course which helps with the ‘No deterioration’ aspect of the Water Framework Directive – reporting pollution incidents , commenting on CAR licence applications, providing important local requiremetns for timings of engineering works, etc.
FTs local knowledge is extremely valuable to SEPA when identifying or verifying pressures on the water environment. In RBMP2 we had over 370 barriers causing downgrades. We have been working through these doing assessments and scoping and not all need to be fixed on the ground. For instance if the habitat above a barrier is naturally unsuitable for fish, or there is a natural impassable waterfall downstream, or even if the barrier has broken down over time and become passable. All this information means SEPA can screen out those which don’t ned real investment and concentrate efforts where it is needed.
Trusts have been instrumental in tackling some of the historic barriers, with WEF funding, but also the asset barriers and advising councils. We also have the Active barriers which trusts input on by providing evidence which is used through licensing and regulation.
Today is also about listening – so if there is a different role, please lets discuss.
Public consultations including
Draft plan 2020

4. Afternoon session Briefing –examples of the spreadsheets
Show the Water Environment Hub/ Tool
Split people up
Instructions
Timings

5. Catchment Maps

6. Draft 2017 Classification datasheets
current published
WB ID
WB Name
HMAWB
WB Category
Catchment
Reporting parameter
DRAFT 2017 Class
Final 2017 Class (if changed since draft)
Less than Good
WB length (km)
WB area (km2)
2016 Class
5700
River North Esk (Confluence with Cruick Water to Estuary) N
River
River North Esk (Tayside)
Overall status
Moderate Y
12.653
5701
River North Esk ( Water of Effock to Cruick Water Confluences)
Good
28.792
5702
River North Esk/Water of Lee (Water of Mark to Water of Effock Confluences)
High
1.905
5703
River North Esk/Water of Lee (Loch Lee to Water of Mark Confluence)
1.933
5704
Water of Unich
17.16
5705
Luther Water ( Dowrie Burn to North Esk Confluences)
4.613
5706
Luther Water (Source to Dowrie Burn Confluence)
MEP
18.485
5707
Dowrie Burn (through Fettercairn) to the confluence with Luther W.
14.123
5708
Devilly Burn
12.037
5709
Ducat Water
5.813
5711
Black Burn
12.671
5712
Cruick Water
25.27
5713
West Water (Paphrie Burn to North Esk Confluences)
13.28
5714
West Water ( Source to Paphrie Burn Confluence)
24.931
5715
Paphrie Burn
8.123
5716
Burn of Callater
8.701
5717
Burn of Mooran
8.066
5718
Burn of Turret
6.729
5719
Burn of Berryhill
6.254
5720
Water of Tarf
27.038
5721
Water of Effock
7.835
5722
Water of Mark
21.432
5723
Water of Lee
7.959
5799
River South Esk (White Burn Confluence to Estuary)
River South Esk (Tayside)
32.671
5800
River South Esk (White Water to White Burn Confluences)
32.052
5801
River South Esk (Source to White Water Confluence)
9.526
5802
Pow Burn
Bad
30.21
5804
Melgund Burn
GEP
6.815
5805
Noran Water
21.107
5806
Lemno Burn
13.899

7. Unfilter reporting parameter, get more
WB ID
WB Name
HMAWB
WB Category
Catchment
Reporting parameter
DRAFT 2017 Class
Final 2017 Class (if changed since draft)
Less than Good
WB length (km)
WB area (km2)
2016 Class
5700
River North Esk (Confluence with Cruick Water to Estuary) N
River
River North Esk (Tayside)
Overall status
Moderate Y
12.653
Overall chemistry
Pass
Temperature
High
Reactive phosphorus
Dissolved Oxygen
Acid Neutralising Capacity pH
Macroinvertebrates (ASPT)
Macroinvertebrates (NTAXA)
Fish Ecology
unclassified
n/a
Fish barrier
Macrophytes
Good
Phytobenthos (diatoms)
Specific pollutants
Morphology
Hydrology (medium/high flows)
Hydrology (low flows)

8. Water classification hub
Can look at classification for overall status or any specific parameter

9. Water classification hub
Drill down into data
Drill down into detailed classification results, kind of what we are showing you on the spreadsheets but we have amalgamated to some extent, for clarity.

10. Water environment hub
Water environment hub contains all the information from the plans = RBMP2
So you can see what was set out in terms of pressures, measures and objectives
The best way to show it is with the “When will action be taken” section. You can see how the planned measures are divided up and how they will be delivered.

11. Deveron example – from public Water Environment Tool
In this Deveron catchment, for example, we can see the main causes for downgrades are to do with historical engineering (physical condition) and rural diffuse pollution. There were also 5 wbs downgraded for fish barriers. We know from our tracking that 3 of these are already complete…

12. Measures tracking – SEPA internal - Example

13. Workshop
Let’s look at maps and data!