An implementation framework for the conservation, protection and management of nationally important marine wildlife in the UK
(2000)
Prepared by the statutory nature conservation agencies, Environment Heritage Services (Northern Ireland) and JNCC for the DETR Working Group on the Review of Marine Nature Conservation
Laffoley, D. d'A., Baxter, J., Bines, T., Bradley, M., Connor, D.W., Hill, M., Tasker, M. & Vincent, M.
© JNCC, Peterborough
Introduction
At the Working Group meetings held on 30 March
2000 and 22 June 2000 English Nature tabled three papers which
sequentially focussed on:
- the protection and management of nationally important marine
habitats and species (Laffoley & Bines, 2000);
- a historical perspective and selective review of the literature
on human impacts on the UK's marine environment (Laffoley, 2000);
and
- nationally important marine seascapes, habitats and species. A
recommended approach to their identification, conservation and
protection (Laffoley et al, 2000).
This paper, the fourth in the series, focuses
on the implementation framework within which any national marine
conservation measures might be applied. In so doing, the paper
seeks to provide the way by which the principles and approaches set
out in the previous papers could be expressed in a structured,
integrated and appropriate manner across territorial and
continental shelf waters, to the limits of UK jurisdiction.
Within this document reference is made to
'offshore areas'. For the purposes of this paper, this is generally
taken to be more than 3 nm out to sea, and 'coastal waters' to be
the area inshore of this point. This distinction is based solely on
the general availability of biological information, a key
consideration in the overall construction and functioning of a
marine conservation framework. Inshore of 3 nm generally far more
is known about the marine environment, with detailed information
available for habitats and species and able to support equally
detailed management measures. The term 'traditional marine
protected areas' is used to denote marine nature reserves or
European marine sites (ie SACs and SPAs), whilst 'marine wildlife'
is sometimes used as shorthand for marine landscapes, habitats and
species.
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Please cite as: This report should be quoted as: Laffoley, D.d'A, Connor, D.W., Tasker, M. L. & Bines, T. 2000. Nationally important seascapes, habitats and species. A recommended approach to their identification, conservation and protection. Prepared for the DETR Working Group on the Review of Marine Nature Conservation by English Nature and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Peterborough, English Nature, 17 pp. © JNCC, Peterborough ISSN 0967-876X