Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Sixth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 March 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Map

Summary

1 Introduction

2 What are the problems?

Complexity of the regulatory and institutional regime

Lack of 'joined-up Government'

Lack of mechanisms to assess and manage cumulative impacts of different human activities at sea

Inadequacy of mechanisms to protect important and vulnerable species and habitats

Lack of knowledge of much of marine environment

3 How the Government is addressing these problems

Marine Stewardship Report

Review of Development in Marine and Coastal Waters

Review of Marine Nature Conservation and Irish Sea Pilot Project

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Action in conjunction with other countries

4 What else needs to be done?

A Marine Act

Marine spatial planning

Research

Habitats and species protection

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

Witnesses

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Wednesday 12 November 2003

Tuesday 2 December 2003

Wednesday 10 December 2003

Wednesday 7 January 2004

List of written evidence

Written Evidence

List of unprinted written evidence

Reports from the Committee since 2001

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Prepared 22 March 2004