09 Nov 2015
12 Oct 2015
Marine Planning in the UK – 10 years on – Making a Difference?
Stephen Hull ABPmer: Ten years on from the Irish Sea marine planning pilot study and following enactment of legislation for marine planning through Marine Acts for the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the establishment of the necessary institutional frameworks, marine plans for UK seas are finally in production. In a new white paper, Stephen […]
25 Sep 2015
Marine Planning in the UK – 10 years on – Making a Difference?
Stephen Hull ABPmer: Ten years on from the Irish Sea marine planning pilot study and following enactment of legislation for marine planning through Marine Acts for the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the establishment of the necessary institutional frameworks, marine plans for UK seas are finally in production. In a new white paper, Stephen […]
30 Jul 2015
Effective UK Marine Planning: Delivery of Good Environmental Status By 2020
This report published produced by Enfusion and Jim Claydon for Wales Wildlife Link aimed to assess how marine planning could be used as an effective tool to help deliver the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). It looked at How the MSFD descriptors could be linked with MSP objectives Reviewed what progress had been made with […]
21 Apr 2015
The Scottish National Marine Plan – and suite of documents has been published
This is an impressive collection of information including: Scene setting a host of overview documents Key marine plan documents Licensing Climate change Science Scotland Marine Atlas National Marine Interactive Statement of Public participation To read more go to: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/seamanagement/national
07 Apr 2015
MMO Marine Planning Newsletter
This first of a new series of newsletters provides updates and links on the marine planning process – sign up for further copies here too. The newsletter includes: · Progress with the South marine plans · Implementation in the East marine plans · Impact Assessment Sustainability appraisal & Habitat regulations assessment – of the South […]
16 Mar 2015
Ecosystem Approach in Marine Planning MMO report published
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published research undertaken by the UK environmental economics consultancy, eftec and marine consultancy ABPmer into how the MMO can improve the implementation of the ecosystem approach in marine planning. In undertaking marine planning, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is required by the Marine Policy Statement to use the ecosystem approach, […]
01 Mar 2015
Natural Capital Supporting Reports – The economic case for investment in Natural Capital and the marine appendix – Fisheries and shellfisheries
Two useful reports: The economic case for investment in natural capital. This covers a wide variety of water and marine issues https://nebula.wsimg.com/8755553ec25d9cd0dc9407fa5e4aa408?AccessKeyId=68F83A8E994328D64D3D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 The economic case for investment in Natural Capital – marine appendix – fish and shellfisheries. This is a particularly useful economic assessment of the fisheries and shellfisheries sector https://nebula.wsimg.com/2fd9d1a8a42128eb4c8f7cd3f8c8c2c8?AccessKeyId=68F83A8E994328D64D3D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
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