Strategy for marine monitoring
Marine Assessment and Reporting Group (MARG)
The UKMMAS is implemented through a number of groups, responsible for specific aspects but with dialogue between groups and subject to overall direction by the Marine Assessment and Reporting Group (MARG). The sub-groups which report directly to MARG are as follows:
- Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group
- Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group
- Productive Seas Evidence Group
- Marine Protocols Group
The purpose of MARG is to decide how best to carry out assessments to fulfil the policy requirements with existing resource and scientific knowledge, direct the implementation of suitable programmes, review the outcomes and assessments and suggest changes to the programme when necessary.
The 'Full' MARG group meet on a six-monthly basis to ensure the requests from MAPC and the advice and work programmes of the Evidence Collection Groups are embedded across the UK monitoring organisations. Between meetings of the 'Full' group, a smaller group, composed primarily of the Chairs of the Marine Protocols and Evidence Collection Groups, Defra and the Scottish Executive, meet to maintain the momentum of the process and achieve the ambitious work programme . However, these meetings are not exclusive and all members of MARG are welcome to attend these 'Mini' MARG meetings if they wish to do so.
Minutes of the meetings
- Minutes of 11th Meeting - 15 May 2008 [PDF] (304 KB)
- Minutes of 10th Meeting - 31 January 2008 [PDF] (540 KB)
- Minutes of 9th Meeting - 29 November 2007 [PDF] (164 KB)
- Minutes of 8th Meeting - 27 September 2007 [PDF] (128 KB)
- Minutes of 7th Meeting - 14 June 2007 [PDF] (152 KB)
- Minutes of 6th Meeting - 7 March 2007 [PDF] (152 KB)
- Minutes of 5th Meeting - 19 December 2006 [PDF] (155 KB)
- Minutes of 4th (2nd Full) Meeting - 11 October 2006 [PDF] (150 KB)
- Minutes of 3rd (2nd 'Mini') MARG Meeting - 31 August 2006 [PDF] (88 KB)
- Minutes of 2nd (1st 'Mini') MARG Meeting - 11 April 2006 [PDF] (58 KB)
- Minutes of 1st (1st Full) Meeting– 2 February 2006 and workshop to Develop the Tier 3 Structure - 1 February 2006 [PDF] (448 KB)
- MARG Terms of Reference [PDF] (32 KB) [last updated: May 2008]
Meetings Calendar
12th Meeting - 2 Sept 2008, Edinburgh (tbc)
13th Meeting - 28 November 2008, London
14th Meeting - 11 February 2009 - Edinburgh (tbc)
15th Meeting - 14 May 2009 - London
16th Meeting - 2 Sept 2009, tbc
17th Meeting - 26 November 2009 - London
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Page last modified: 01 July 2008
Page published: 11 April 2006