473b2938215b548eba7879df2188d87b English series Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs +44(0)207270 8711 Area 2E enquires@defra.gov.uk http://www.defra.gov.uk pointOfContact 2007-02-14 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 country OGP 2006, Defra, A Marine Bill - A consultation document of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Consultation Document 2006-01-01 publication 2005-01-01 creation 19566 Author: Defra. Report number: R445. The UK Government is committed to bring forward proposals for a Marine Bill that will introduce within its area of responsibility a new framework for the seas, based on marine spatial planning, that balances conservation, energy and resource needs. This document discusses the aims and scope of the Marine Bill. It sets out the main reasons why the UK Government thinks that new legislation is required. It outlines the background to and the proposed contents of the Bill, summarising its main components and how they are expected to fit together. No final decisions have been made on what might eventually be included in the Bill. This consultation therefore invites the views of anyone with an interest and forms a significant part of the process of shaping the scope and content of the Government"s final policy proposals. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 020 7238 6000 Nobel House, 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR UK enquires@defra.gov.uk http://www.defra.gov.uk custodian Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 020 7238 6000 Nobel House, 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR UK enquires@defra.gov.uk http://www.defra.gov.uk originator notPlanned Government Funded Project Fishery characterisation Fish behaviour Fish abundance in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-09-06 revision 103 Research and Development Activity Research Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of nontangible property that is a result of creativity copyright intellectualPropertyRights 1 eng economy environment geoscientificInformation oceans society utilitiesCommunication -8.6526 1.7629 49.164902 60.876099 2006-03 2006-03 Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Spatial representation type: 001 Supply media: 001 Origin: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde4malsf177 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1296/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset Safeguarding our Seas, published in May 2002, set out our vision for ‘clean, healthy, safe, productive, and biologically diverse’ seas. It described our strategy for the conservation and sustainable development of the marine environment. Part of that strategy has been to examine how we can streamline regulation for those who make a living from the sea and how we can better protect the marine environment. Despite the sea’s importance, we do not currently fully co-ordinate the various demands we place upon it. The Marine Bill will help us to do this by creating a framework with sustainable development at its heart. It will contribute to the coordination of our activities on, and in, the sea in a harmonised way to ensure that they have minimum impact upon each other and the marine environment. A new framework will have to be sufficiently flexible to allow us to respond to changing demands on the sea. These could result from climate change, changes in technology, or new human activities. Creating a framework that can do this is an enormous challenge for Government. We want you to join the debate and contribute your views, whatever your interest in our coasts and seas. The comments that you make will help to determine the final shape of our proposals.