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Booking Open: Coastal Habitat Creation and Restoration in North West England 2025, 6th and 7th March, Carlisle

We are pleased to announce that booking is now open for the North West Coastal Forum’s free-to-attend regional conference – Coastal Habitat Creation and Restoration in North West England 2025. This is an in-person event taking place in Carlisle on 6th and 7th March. On the 6th March there will be a full day conference

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North West Awards for Coastal Excellence 2025 – Nominations Open!

Nominations close: 26th of February at 5 pm We are pleased to announce the opening for the 7th biennial NW ACE – an award scheme to recognize outstanding achievement in and contribution to the long-term management of our coast and near-shore marine environments. The 3 Categories of Award to enter are:  Coastal Champion This award

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Survey: What’s Happening on the North West Coast Report 2025

Survey closes 26th of February The North West Coastal Forum has received funding through the Championing Coastal Coordination fund to create a comprehensive ‘What’s Happening on the North West Coast’ report. This approach was piloted in 2022 under a previous round of 3Cs funding and the 2022 pilot report is available to view on the

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Introducing our New North West Coastal Coordinator

Hello everyone, my name is Linn Wiberg and I am excited to announce that I am the new North West Coastal Coordinator. I will be driving the work of the North West Coastal Forum. My academic background includes a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology from the University of Plymouth. Throughout my academic career, I have

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Consultation – River Basin Planning: Working Together 2024

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

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Consultation on the merchant shipping (vessels in commercial use for sport or pleasure) regulations 2025

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

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Fisheries management plans: policy information

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

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