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Welcome to the winter 2025 edition of the North West Coastal Forum's News Update. Click on the headings below or 'read more' to read the articles in full.
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The North West Coastal Forum has collated an online report which brings together relevant North West coastal projects, research and other initiatives to assist dissemination of relevant information and collaboration opportunities. This is an updatable resource. If you are aware of any plans/strategies/projects which are not included in this report please email us and we will add these. If you …
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We would like to announce that the conference outputs from the 'Coastal Habitat Restoration and Creation in North West England 2025: Exploring progress and potential' conference are now available. On March 6th and 7th the North West Coastal Forum held a Coastal Habitat Conference in Carlisle. During this conference delegates listened to presentations, engaged in workshops, interacted with exhibitions and …
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The North West Coastal Forum is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 NW Awards for Coastal Excellence - an award scheme that recognises and celebrates outstanding achievement in and contribution to the long-term management of the North West's coasts and near-shore marine environment. Coastal Champion: This award is made to an individual in recognition of their significant contribution …
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The workshops, organised by the Diverse Marine Values project, Defra and the OCT, will be part of a series of workshops to co-develop an ocean literacy strategy for England. Defined as ‘having an understanding of the ocean’s influence on your, and your influence on the ocean’, ocean literacy has been positioned as a key mechanism for change by the UN …
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Consultation closes: 14 May 2025 The Environment Agency is seeking your feedback an approach of working together to review and update the river basin management plans in 2027. The river basin management plans are updated at the end of a 6 year planning cycle, where the next update is due 2027. In order to understand the appropriate steps to take …
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Consultation closes: 25 February 2025 at 11:59 pm The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking views on a new Statutory Instrument and the accompanying Code of Practice for Small Vessels in Commercial use for Sport of Pleasure (“Sport or Pleasure Vessel Code”). Consultation description The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 2025 will apply …
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Policy paper The UK Government’s Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) are delivery plans that ensure fish stocks are managed sustainably and aid a thriving fishing industry. The Fisheries Act 2020 provides the framework to manage the UK fisheries independent of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. Mandated by the act, UK fisheries policy authorities (DEFRA, and the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, …
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