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How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
Ecological protections at sea are being strengthened by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) through updated regulations governing anti-fouling systems on ships.
Product Safety Report for dual tank valve presenting a serious risk of asphyxiation.
Risk ratings of how likely different fisheries gear types and activities will damage protected features of European marine sites.
A keynote speech delivered by Science Minister Andrew Griffith at LEAP '24, in Riyadh.
This strategy provides an updated assessment of our seas and sets objectives, targets and indicators for achieving Good Environmental Status.
This strategy outlines an initial assessment of our seas and characteristics, targets and indicators of Good Environmental Status (GES) in UK seas.
Published June 2021 the South East Inshore Marine Plan provides guidance for sustainable development from Felixstowe in Suffolk to near Folkestone in Kent.
Government partners with conservation charity ZSL to launch app update allowing tracking and logging of creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories.
UK announces support for moratorium on granting of exploitation licences for deep sea mining by the International Seabed Authority.
Draft fishing gear impacts evidence documents for stage 4 marine protected areas (MPAs). Stage 4 covers impacts of fishing on MPAs with highly mobile species features, including harbour porpoises and marine bird species.
This study tracks the biological carbonate budgets of inner Seychelles reefs from 1994 to 2014,
This strategy outlines the measures that contribute towards Good Environmental Status (GES) in UK seas.
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