Updated UK Marine Strategy Part Two: marine monitoring

Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government are seeking views on the updated marine monitoring programmes for the state of the UK’s seas for each of the UK Marine Strategy descriptors. The consultation document sets out the monitoring programmes we propose to use to measure our progress towards Good Environmental Status across biodiversity, productivity, and pressures in UK seas; it notes the progress we have made since Part Two was originally published in 2014; and identifies the gaps and opportunities we aim to address in the near future. The consultation does not cover the assessment of the state of the UK’s seas and GES characteristics, targets and indicators. These were covered in a previous consultation, this is documented in Marine Strategy Part One published October 2019 ( https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/841246/marine-strategy-par