Information on current activities and initiatives relating to management of data and information about the UK marine and coastal environment can be found in Coast Map News.
From issue 9 onwards Coast Map News is being published via electonically and can be found at: http://newsweaver.co.uk/coastmapnews/
Old paper based issues of Coast Map News can be found in PDF format below:
The first Marine Stewardship Report ('Safeguarding Our Seas: A Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Development of our Marine Environment') set out a framework for action to improve the UK's marine environment. This included a commitment to deliver a joined-up approach to seabed mapping, starting with a workshop to explore how best to take this forward. This workshop (Delivering Integrated Marine Mapping for the UK) took place in September 2002 at Church House in London. It was organised by Cefas as part of a programme of R&D work funded under Defra's Aquatic Environment Commission (Project AE1030).
Workshop Proceedings: Delivering Integrated Marine Mapping for the UK (PDF 6.4MB)
This workshop was the second to be held under the Defra-funded programme. For a copy of the first ('Integrated mapping of the UK marine and coastal zone - the way forward'), which was held in June 1999.
Workshop Proceedings: Integrated mapping of the UK marine and coastal zone - the way forward (PDF 1.28MB)
