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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Priority measures for achieving Good Environmental Status

Melissa Moore Senior Policy Officer, Marine Conservation Society Also representing Joint Links. This presentation reflects collaborative work by Joint Links NGOs and also builds on work by other eNGOs across Europe. Joint Links consists of Wildlife and Countryside Link, Scottish Environment LINK, Wales Environment Link, and the Northern Ireland Marine Task Force? T: 01989 566017 …

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Programme of Measures

Dominic Pattinson Head of MSFD Implementation Team, Defra T: 020 7238 6025 E: dominic.pattinson@defra.gsi.gov.uk The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires all EU Member States to take measures to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) in their seas by 2020 and puts in place a framework to allow co-ordinated action across Europe to improve the marine …

Why socio-economics matters in the marine and coastal

Chris Williams New Economics Foundation T: 0207 820 6404 E: chris.williams@neweconomics.org About NEF and our work on the marine environment: NEF is a leading UK think tank driving change towards a sustainable economy that delivers human wellbeing, social justice and environmental sustainability. NEF’s environment programme demonstrates that managing natural resources in a sustainable way is …

Implications of the EU Landings Obligation for Nephrops (prawn) trawl fisheries

Clive Fox Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage, Oban, PA37 1QA T: 01631 559000 E: clive.fox@sams.ac.uk The new Landings Obligation, often called the discards ban, is a major change in European fisheries policy. This change of direction appears to have been introduced largely in response to the phenomenal success of a high profile publicity campaign …

Mobile marine species conservation: Current challenges

Dr Lissa Batey Living Seas Officer, The Wildlife Trusts, The Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark, NG24 1WT T: 01752 484311 E: lbatey@wildlifetrusts.org The seas around the UK are home to a biologically diverse array of marine species and habitats. Of the large marine megafauna, we have 29 species of whale, dolphin, porpoise (known collectively as …

Marine Planning – The European Dimension: The MSP Directive

Rhona Fairgrieve European Commission E: rhona.fairgrieve@ec.europa.eu The entry into force of the EU’s Maritime Spatial Planning Directive in September 2014 requires all relevant European Member States to develop Maritime Spatial Plans by 31 March 2021. It establishes the framework for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) aimed at promoting the sustainable growth of maritime economies, the sustainable …

Marine Planning: delivery and future development from an England perspective

Dr Paul Gilliland Head, Marine Planning, Marine Management Organisation T: 0300 0604299 E: paul.gilliland@marinemanagement.org.uk W: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/marine-management-organisation The delivery of marine planning in England continues to make progress and continues to remain challenging. The presentation will provide an update on developments with the East and South marine plans, some of the learning thus far, and outline …

From Seahorses & Selfridges to Society – Making a real difference

Dr Heather Koldewey Head of Global Conservation Programmes, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY E: heather.koldewey@zsl.org Twitter: @heatherkoldewey Outline If marine conservation is truly important then why is it such a low priority for most people and bottom of the political agenda? Is the conservation community failing in selling the conservation message …

Reports from the front line of the current mass extinction: ocean acidification, fisheries and ecocide

Jason Hall-Spencer Professor of Marine Biology and Editor-in-Chief of Regional Studies in Marine Science, Plymouth University, PL4 8AA T: +44 1752887075 E: jhall-spencer@plymouth.ac.uk W: www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jason-hall-spencer We are now well into the Anthropocene. Since the 1950s there has been a human population explosion with widespread coastal habitat damage exacerbated by our ever increasing use of hydrocarbon …

Marine Data & Information – ‘Revolution and Evolution’

John Pepper Marketing Director, OceanWise Limited T: +44 (0)1420 768262 E: john.pepper@oceanwise.eu Mike Osborne OceanWise Limited E: mike.osborne@oceanwise.eu The key message that this presentation seeks to impart is that it is time to turn the way we think about data upside down. This is the revolution element. The evolution (or innovative – it’s so much …

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