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Marine strategy part two: UK marine monitoring programmes

This strategy outlines the monitoring programmes for measuring progress towards Good Environmental Status (GES) in UK seas.

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This strategy sets out how we will move towards Good Environmental Status (GES) in our seas over the next 6 years.

It covers:

  • the updated monitoring programmes used to gather data to assess the state of the UK’s seas
  • the progress we have made since 2014
  • issues and opportunities for monitoring that we aim to address in the near future

It is an update to the UK Marine Strategy part two published in 2014.

Published 5 August 2014
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