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Policy Paper Published 7 Apr 2026 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ↗ View on GOV.UK

Marine strategy part one: update

An updated assessment of the state of UK seas, and objectives, targets and indicators for progress towards good environmental status (GES).

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The UK marine strategy sets out the framework of how we will move towards Good Environmental Status (GES) in our seas over the next 6 years.

This update covers:

  • the updated assessment of the state of the UK’s seas
  • high level objectives for good environmental status (GES)
  • detailed GES targets and indicators, through which we will measure progress towards achieving GES

It is an update to the  Marine strategy part one, published in 2019.