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Invasive non-native species

What are invasive non-native species? Non-native species (NNS) are plants and animals which have been introduced (accidentally or deliberately) outside of their native range through human activity. Many non-native species contribute positively to our lives, as livestock, crops, timber, garden plants or pets. However, a small proportion (10-15%) of non-native species spread rapidly and cause damage

Aquaculture Regulatory

The role of regulation in aquacultire and the process for applying for a licence to operate a fish farm.

The role of regulation in aquacultire and the process for applying for a licence to operate a fish farm. Emamectin Benzoate position The below statement sets out our interim position on the environmental standards that we will apply when assessing new applications to discharge or increase volumes of in-feed sea lice medicine containing emamectin benzoate. We have requested that the UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) consider all the available scientific evidence and make recommendations to Scottish

Waste data

Link page to waste data pages.

Link page to waste data pages. Data returns Many environmental licences include a requirement to submit data returns or other reporting requirements on an annual or quarterly basis. What should you do? We are now actively reviewing many of the data returns and kindly request you to submit any outstanding returns for the following areas: Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) - SPRI returns are due by the 28th of February e

Landfill

Landfill is the disposal of waste which cannot be reused, recycled or recovered, into or onto land. It forms the lowest aspect of the European Waste Framework Directive’s waste hierarchy. The EU’s Landfill Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by finding ways to recover value from waste and develop more sustainable management practices. Disposal to landfill is the least preferre

Protected areas and species

This section outlines the information that applicants are required to provide in relation to the impact the proposed scheme will have on areas designated as a Special Area of Conservation or other designated sites, and on protected species that are particularly vulnerable to hydro power development. Information on fish for schemes that are located in or connected to designated sites If the scheme

Marine pen fish farm pre-application process

Flow 1: Marine pen fish farm pre-application process Developer submits pre-application proposal to aquaculture.pre-app@sepa.org.uk SEPA carries out initial screening assessment: Organic solids Medicines Nutrients Sea lice (bespoke sea lice screening, if applicable) SEPA produces draft screening report Developer considers draft screening report SEPA publishes draft screening report Developer or

SEPA Data publication

List of data published by SEPA. Links to access data itself or applications that show the data

List of data published by SEPA. Links to access data itself or applications that show the data We publish a range of datasets related to the environment, and we are continually reviewing and adding to this list. Please use our online form to contact us if you cannot find the dataset you require. We have a Corrections policy for handling revisions and corrections to the statistical summaries we produce. Our User engagement policy specifies how we engage with users to ensure our statistics ar

Modelling

Marine aquaculture modelling Computer modelling is used as a guide to determining licensed discharge quantities of anti-parasitic chemicals and organic waste arising from marine fish-farm operations. The modelling tools promoted by SEPA provide robust predictions in most cases, requiring relatively little site-specific information. Nevertheless, the quality of the model outputs is dependent upon g

Operator Monitoring

Some of our authorisations require that environmental monitoring is carried out and the results reported back to SEPA. We call this operator monitoring. Why use operator monitoring? We expect all regulated operators to comply with their environmental obligations. This is a key element of Our approach to regulation. We also expect those operators to be responsible for managing and understanding the

Substances permitted to be discharged from finfish farm facilities - Deltamethrin

Temporary Regulatory Position Statement This temporary regulatory position applies to finfish farm facilities that have an authorisation to discharge residues of medicinal products containing 1% deltamethrin. Deltamethrin is the active ingredient in some medicinal products used to treat fish. The majority of existing permits restrict operators to only use, and discharge particular named medicinal

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