UK Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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The aim of this conference is to update delegates on the progress with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and it will be particularly helpful for people involved with responding to the transposition consultation and interested in meeting Good Environmental Status standards.
Who should attend?
• Sea users and their representatives who have to work with environmental issues (see below) – oil and gas, renewables, fisheries, aggregates, cables, major dredge and licensed projects , ports, nature conservation, and shipping
• Stakeholders who will be responding to the MSFD transposition consultation (see below)
• Professionals engaged in measuring and monitoring the 11 descriptors of Good Environmental Status
• Sector representatives involved with the Habitats Directive, WFD or fisheries (CFP) whose interests coincide and interact with the MSFD
• Stakeholders involved with implementing measures arising from the MSFD
To find out more see the programme
BOOK NOW: You can book and pay online with a credit card at http://www.coastms.co.uk/Conferences/425 or pay by credit card over the phone, BACSs, cheque etc; we issue invoices and receipts. Please email or fax the booking form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 01531 890415
Sponsors: ABPmer, Cefas, HR Wallingford
Good Environmental Status is at the heart the MSFD; considerable work is currently underway on preparing a common European view on how the descriptors should be applied.
The meeting will be of direct interest to those people and organisations with an interest in the descriptor topics to assess progress on these including:
• biodiversity
• non-indigenous species
• fish/shellfish
• foodwebs
• eutrophication
• sea floor
• contaminants
• food quality
• marine litter
• energy /noise
The consultation inviting responses on the transposition of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive has now begun and details can be obtained on the Defra website
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