16 Oct 2017
JNCC News on MPAs – Hannah Carr 10 years of UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas: Protecting our diverse and vibrant seas for future generations Our seas have a brilliant variety of marine life and habitats, many of which are rare and nationally important. Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has been working for more than 10 […]
22 Sep 2017
The following marine-related JNCC Reports have been published: Report 598 Monitoring guidance for marine benthic habitats Report 515 Physical Damage (Reversible Change) – Penetration and/or disturbance of the substrate below the surface of the seabed, including abrasion Report 601 Physical damage (Reversible Change) – Habitat structure changes – removal of substratum (extraction) Report 602 Review […]
29 Aug 2017
Protecting the UKs marine wonders for future generations The UKs seas host some of the most diverse habitats in Europe, from vibrant cold-water coral reefs in the hidden depths to towering underwater mountains that are hot spots for marine life – acting as feeding stations for whales and dolphins. The UKs marine environment stretches out […]
01 Aug 2017
New reports from JNCC Thanks to John Henson Web: john.hensonwebb@jncc.gov.uk Our most recent publications are: New assessments on state of the marine environment in OSPAR waters Joint JNCC-Cefas reports:- No. 14A: CEND19x12: Cruise report for Braemar Pockmarks cSAC, Scanner Pockmark cSAC and Turbot Bank NCMPA proposal (014A – 2017) Ware, S. No. 15 CEND […]
29 Jan 2017
Several generations of us have grown up knowing what good process looks like. A great success was the Defra work leading to the Marine & Coastal Access Act which was deliberate and clear from the outset through to the completion of the Act. The unfolding ‘process’ of the T3 MCZs is a rather strange, ‘soundings’ […]
29 Jan 2017
Links to recent JNCC reports relating to the marine environment – from John Henson Webb Our most recent publications are the abrasion and extraction JNCC Pressure Mapping Methodology reports: Report 515 Physical Damage (Reversible Change) – Penetration and/or disturbance of the substrate below the surface of the seabed, including abrasion (2016) Church, N.J., Carter, A.J., […]
13 Dec 2016
Christmas reading and watching. The Environmental Audit Committee get its MPA review underway. JNCC’s advice on offshore Marine Conservation Zones 2015-2017 Assessing progress towards an ecologically coherent network of MPAs in Secretary of State Waters In 2014 Defra commissioned JNCC to undertake a piece of work on ‘Assessing progress towards an ecologically coherent network of […]
21 Nov 2016
MCS & TWT “The Government’s scientific advisors have provided proposals on where a final set of Marine Conservation Zones are needed around England. Leading marine conservation charities, the Marine Conservation Society and The Wildlife Trusts are excited about the plans, which are a positive step forward towards restoring our seas. The sites are being proposed […]
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