Orkney and Shetland

The chair of each Area Advisory Group (AAG) is supported by a river basin planning co-ordinator.

The co-ordinator and first point of contact for the Orkney & Shetland AAG is:

Name: Eilidh Johnston
Email: eilidh.johnston@sepa.org.uk
Tel:  01786 452611

Contents

Available as pdf (895kb ) or view online below

• Introduction
  • Purpose
  • What area does this plan cover?
  • How to use this plan
• The water environment and achieving environmental improvements
  • The current condition of the water environment
  • Protected areas
  • Pressures and risks
  • Objectives for the water environment
• Actions planned to achieve our objectives
  • Putting the plan into action

Membership

Membership of the Orkney & Shetland AAG is determined by the range and type of pressures in the Orkney & Shetland area. Members include representatives from:

• BP, Sullom Voe
• Lerwick Port Authority
• Malt Distillers Association / Scottish Whisky Association
• NFUS (Orkney)
• NFUS (Shetland)
• Orkney Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
• Orkney Islands Council
• Orkney Islands Council - Ports and Harbours
• Orkney Trout Fishing Association
• RSPB
• Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payments Division
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Rural Property & Business Association (Orkney)
• Scottish Salmon Producers Association
• Scottish Shellfish Growers Association (Orkney)
• Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative (Shetland)
• Scottish Water
• Seafood Shetland
• SEPA
• Shetland Anglers Association
• Shetland Aquaculture / Scottish Salmon Producers Association
• Shetland Island Council Harbours
• Shetland Islands Council
• Shetland Islands Council Environment Forum

Membership is flexible. It will be possible for additional members to be co-opted for agreed periods to assist with the preparation of particular aspects of river basin planning. Such members can be co-opted onto the AAG for single meetings, to cover specific agenda items or for a short period to advise on a particular issue. They will not be full members and therefore will not determine quorum or vote.

Meetings and minutes

The Orkney & Shetland AAG meets regularly and provides a mechanism to support the production of a river basin management plan (RBMP) for the Scotland river basin district, and its co-ordination with other plans and programmes.

Future meetings

The date for the next meeting of Orkney & Shetland AAG will be confirmed soon.

Previous meetings

Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from the previous meetings of Orkney & Shetland AAG are available online.

• Orkney: 30 May 2008  (2.53mb)
• Orkney: 28 Nov 2007  (2.94mb)
• Shetland: 29 Nov 2007  (1.84mb)

Orkney & Shetland AAG forum

Anyone with an interest in the water environment of Orkney & Shetland can become a member of the Orkney & Shetland advisory group forum.

• Get involved
  More information on joining an AAG forum.

Presentations and proceedings from previous AAG forum conferences are available from the river basin planning co-ordinator.

Further information

Significant water management issues (SWMI)  (1.85mb)
Published in 2007, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the threats to Scotland’s water and identifies the actions and improvements that are necessary to protect the water environment.

SWMI in Orkney & Shetland  (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in Orkney & Shetland.

Early basin planning work
Information on early river basin management planning work, such as environmental and economic characterisation and Plan of Action.

Monitoring and classification
Information on how monitoring and classification are linked to basin planning can be found on the monitoring and classification pages.

Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.