Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): proposals for UK monitoring programmes
We are seeking views on proposed monitoring programmes to ensure we meet Good Environmental Status (GES) in the UK by 2020.
This consultation seeks views on the ways in which we monitor the marine environment around the UK. Specifically, this is about how we monitor progress on achieving Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020 as required by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
The consultation covers monitoring proposals for each of the eleven Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors. These relate to:
- biological diversity
- non-indigenous species
- commercially exploited fish and shellfish
- food webs
- human-induced eutrophication
- sea floor integrity
- hydrographical conditions
- contaminants
- contaminants in fish and other seafood
- marine litter
- introduction of energy (including underwater noise)
This consultation will be of interest to groups or individuals who use or have an interest in the sea, business users of the sea, national and local interest groups, statutory advisers and governments in other EU Member States.