UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy
UKMMAS – a coordinated and integrated approach to marine monitoring and assessment
The overall aim of the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS) is to shape the UK’s capability, within national and international waters, to:
"provide, and respond, within a changing climate, to, the evidence required for sustainable development within a clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse marine ecosystem and within one generation to make a real difference."
The UKMMAS is delivered through a number of groups. A high-level policy committee, (MAPC) defines policy requirement and provide direction to an implementation body, the marine assessment and reporting (MARG). MARG identifies means of carrying out assessments to meet policy needs, with existing resources and scientific knowledge. MARG directs the implementation of suitable programmes, reviews outcomes and assessments and suggests changes to monitoring programmes as needed.
A number of sub-groups exist to undertake certain evidence and analysis related tasks on behalf of MARG.
- Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG)
- Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG)
- Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG)
- Marine Protocols Group (MPG)
- Inter-Agency Aerial Monitoring Group (IAMG)
UKMMAS News
- UKMMAS Newsletter 5 – Spring 2008 [PDF] (877 KB)
- UKMMAS Newsletter 4 – Autumn 2007 [PDF] (840 KB)
Contact
UKMMAS.secretariat@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Page last modified: 04 June 2008
Page published: 25
October 2005