Download Using and Applying UK Seabed Habitat Maps

USING & APPLYING
SEABED HABITAT MAPS
OVERVIEW OF POTENTIAL USES
SUE GUBBAY
H.M.S.CHALLENGER
IRISH SEA MOUNDS
Courtesy of JNCC, MESH project
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
REVIEW
POLICY & OBJECTIVES
AUDIT
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
Policy/Objectives Planning
Implementation Monitoring
Audit
Review
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improved scientific understanding
developing ecological quality objectives
resource identification
stakeholder participation
resource management
conflict resolution
seabed resource extraction sites
seabed disposal sites
changes in extent and quality of seabed habitats
effects of policy
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POLICY & OBJECTIVES
POLICY & OBJECTIVES
AUDIT
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
Marine Spatial
Planning
Ecosystem
approach
MSPP consortium (ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), Terence O'Rourke, Risk & Policy
Analysts, Geotek, Hartley Anderson and Coastal Management for Sustainability
REVIEW
POLICY & OBJECTIVES
PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
AUDIT
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
Representative
network of Marine
Protected Areas
Management of
marine SACs
Resource
identification –
direct and indirect
From: UK Marine SACs LIFE project – Scottish Natural Heritage/
Highland Regional Council
REVIEW
POLICY & OBJECTIVES
AUDIT & REVIEW
AUDIT
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
Monitoring – dredge spoil disposal sites
Extent of habitat types with marine SACs
From: CEFAS Technical Report 127.
CASE STUDIES
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Project Scope
Project title
Brief Description
Time/duration
Aims and Objectives
Technical outline
Principle use
Did mapping help meet the objectives and if so how?
Outcomes – strengths
Outcomes – weaknesses
Key lessons
What would you have liked MESH to provide?
How might this work help the MESH project?
Further information