5.1.6.2 Scenario phase 2: Identifying the scenario themes using stakeholder consultation

Key issues of local importance were identified and scored, then prioritised during the second stakeholder workshop.

The project team further elaborated the resulting scenarios. During this process, some scenarios were excluded because the pressures on the seafloor habitat were hard to quantify or extremely low (below the limits required for the model to detect changes from the current situation).

Prioritisation of the remaining scenarios was carried out at the third stakeholder workshop, where some scenarios were also dismissed outright by stakeholders (following table).

The outcome was three scenarios:

• Recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) designation [Find out more ...]
• Aggregate extraction [Find out more ...]
• Aquaculture development (offshore mussel farm) [Find out more ...]