Latest consultation from Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government on the updated marine monitoring programmes for the state of the UK’s seas for each of the UK Marine Strategy descriptors.
The consultation document sets out the monitoring programmes they propose to use to measure progress towards Good Environmental Status across biodiversity, productivity, and pressures in UK seas; it notes the progress since 2014; and identifies the gaps and opportunities government aims to address in the near future. Questions include whether the proposed monitoring programmes are sufficient to meet regulations and to assess progress towards the achievement of GES and the related targets.
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