Legislation & enforcement
The Pilot project was required to consider the
extent to which the nature conservation framework could be
delivered in the UK through existing systems of regulation, and
what additional measures might be needed. Three approaches were
used to assess the effectiveness of existing legislation in meeting
the needs identified in the draft framework for marine nature
conservation, namely:
- a review of existing legal mechanisms that apply in the Irish
Sea was commissioned from the Institute of Estuarine and Coastal
Studies at the University of Hull;
- consultations were undertaken with Irish Sea stakeholders;
- the Pilot's conservation objectives for the Irish Sea, and the
management actions developed from them, were tested against
existing legal mechanisms.
The Pilot project also participated in the work of the
subgroup on legislative issues established by the Review of Marine
Nature Conservation.
The following reports prepared by IECS are available soon for
download
Isle of Man Legislation and
enforcement
Isle of Man legislation, regulation and governance was
reviewed under a research contract with the Centre for Marine &
Coastal Studies, The University of Liverpool Port Erin Marine Lab,
jointly funded by the Irish SeaPilot project and the Isle of Man
Government. The reports of this work are available from this
website and from the Isle of Man Government, but thePilot project
is not making recommendations in relation to legislation in the
Isle of Man.