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OEP Additional Evidence 3 CMS 358 26th November 2022

Office for Environmental Protection County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP email hidden; JavaScript is required Tel. 03300 416581 Marinet Limited Cedar Lodge Allington Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6LW email hidden; JavaScript is required Tel. 01249 653972 26th November 2022. By email and Royal Mail. OEP Complaint Registration Number: CMS 358. For the attention of: Stewart […]

OEP Additional Evidence 2 CMS 358 16th November 2022

Office for Environmental Protection Marinet Limited County Hall Cedar Lodge Spetchley Road Allington Worcester Chippenham WR5 2NP Wiltshire SN14 6LW email hidden; JavaScript is required email hidden; JavaScript is required Tel. 03300 416581 Tel. 01249 653972 16th November 2022. OEP Complaint Registration Number: CMS 358. For the attention of: Stewart Cheeseman and Louisa Martinez Medina, […]

OEP Additional Evidence CMS 358 4th November 2022

Office for Environmental Protection Marinet Limited County Hall Cedar Lodge Spetchley Road Allington Worcester Chippenham WR5 2NP Wiltshire SN14 6LW email hidden; JavaScript is required email hidden; JavaScript is required Tel. 03300 416581 Tel. 01249 653972 4th November 2022. OEP Complaint Registration Number: CMS 358. For the attention of: Stewart Cheeseman and Louisa Martinez Medina, […]

OEP and DEFRA Original Complaint Letter 11th July 2022

For the attention of: The Office for Environmental Protection. From: Marinet Limited. 11th July 2022. Legal Failure of the Dept. for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to prevent severe pollution of the River Wye catchment. Dear OEP,     We submit our attached report “Why are we killing the Wye, and when will we stop? […]

How to make the Environment Act deliver on sewage pollution

The Environment Act is unlikely to solve the sewage pollution of English rivers and seas, unless certain additional actions are taken. This article written by David Levy, Marinet member, outlines some of these essential additional actions that require immediate delivery.   When the opportunity arose in 2021 during the passage of the Environment Bill through […]

Summary of Commons EAC Report on Water Quality in Rivers, 2022

We provide here a summary of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee’s report on Water Quality in Rivers in England, published January 2022. Our summary contains a critique by Marinet of the report’s strengths and weaknesses. This parliamentary report reveals very serious problems in the quality of our rivers and it examines the causes […]

Marinet’s submission to UK Parliament Select Committee is critical of marine governance

Marinet has made a submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee and its Inquiry titled “Sustainable Seas”. Marinet has informed the Select Committee that: We believe that there is a profound dishonesty in the way in which Government and Parliament conducts its affairs with regards to the sea and ocean. It makes […]

OSPAR Conference report on proceedings Sept 2010

We provide here a summary of the key features of the Ministerial Statement made by the member countries of OSPAROSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic made up of representatives of the Governments of the 15 signatory nations. (the Oslo-Paris Convention for the Protection of the North East Atlantic) […]

OSPAR Conference report for members Sept 2010

We provide here MARINET’s analysis of OSPAROSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic made up of representatives of the Governments of the 15 signatory nations.’s Quality Status Report 2010 (QSR 2010). QSR 2010 is OSPAR’s scientific survey of the change in the condition of the North East Atlantic between […]

A Definition of the nature and meaning of the Ecosystem-based Approach, and how this translates into a suite of management tools

This paper describes the key management tools available to us to enable the ecosystem-based approach to function as a management system which will actively maintain the sustainable use of our seas.

Conference highlights the importance of Marine Spatial Planning

A report prepared by Lesley Hampshire, Isle of Wight FOE and Marinet member, on the C-Scope (Combining Sea and Coastal Planning in Europe) conference in Dorset on 19-20th October 2009. Marine Spatial Planning is an essential part of the Ecosystem approach to marine management and will establish the priorities between different conservation, social and economic uses of the sea in local areas, and is a main feature of the UK Marine Bill, shortly to receive Royal Assent. Marine Spatial Planning is akin to the current system town and country planning on land, and will be administered in the UK by the Marine Management Organisation, shortly to be established in Newcastle.

The Worldwatch Report, “Oceans in Peril”

explains the central and vital role of the ecosystem-based approach to the management of our oceans in order to ensure that fish stocks and other essential facets of our seas remain in good health. If we do not adopt the ecosystem-based approach, further decline in the health of our oceans is inevitable, with perilous consequences.

The Ecosytem-based Approach : Its use in the selection and management of Marine Reserves

We provide here a guide to the principles of the ecosystem approach to marine management, and how this approach develops criteria which may be iused in the selection and management of marine reserves.