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The U.K. Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Programme: Development of advice on future monitoring (2019) 2024

Abstract

This paper presents a risk-based approach for advising UK Governments on how to focus marine biodiversity monitoring to fulfil national and international obligations on the health and biological diversity of the UK’s seas, while delivering value for money. The framework finds a balance between environmental risk, political risk, and cost. At its core is a review of UK public sector monitoring of marine biodiversity, led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) on behalf of the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG), one of four evidence groups working on the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS) (Marine Strategy Part One)

The report includes the following annexes:

  • Annex 1: 2018 options for monitoring UK cetaceans (Kelly Macleod)

  • Annex 2: 2018 options for monitoring UK seals (Ailsa Hall)

  • Annex 3: 2018 options for monitoring UK marine birds (Timothy E. Dunn)

  • Annex 4: 2018 options for monitoring UK fish (Bill Turrell and the HBDSEG fish subgroup)

  • Annex 5: 2018 options for monitoring UK pelagic habitats (Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Mike Best)

  • Annex 6: 2018 options for monitoring UK deep sea benthic habitats (Hayley Hinchen and Simone Pfeifer)

  • Annex 7: 2018 options for monitoring UK offshore benthic habitats (Hayley Hinchen)

  • Annex 8: 2018 options for monitoring English inshore benthic habitats (Mike Young)

These resources may not be fully accessible for all users. If you need copies in a different or more accessible format, please contact Communications@jncc.gov.uk.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2024·09·01

Citation
Webb, K., Griffiths, Y. & Proudfoot, R. 2024. The U.K. Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Programme: Development of advice on future monitoring (2019). JNCC Report 765, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
The outcomes of a 2016 - 2017 review of marine biodiversity monitoring in the UK, was used to develop a series of options for focusing monitoring of key biodiversity components of the marine ecosystem under different cost scenarios (Benthic habitats (inshore, offshore and deep sea), seals, cetaceans, pelagic habitats and fish).

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2024·10·03

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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