The Marine Bill: Cornucopia or Pandora's box?

Ecos

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Jones, Peter J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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References (20)

1. Review of marine nature conservation - interim report (2001) European Wildlife Division, DEFRA, para. 146. www.defra.gov.uk/ wildlife-countryside/ewd/rrrpac/marine/10.htm
2. A Marine Bill: a consultation document of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2006) www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/ consult/marinebill/index.htm
3. Comments made by senior DEFRA representative at the Marine Bill Forum, London, 18 May 2006.
4. Para 4.5 of consultation document cited in note 2.
5. Safeguarding Our Seas (2002) www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/marine/ uk/stewardship/index.htm
6. The precautionary principle: "Where evidence exists of likely significant impacts or damage, we will make decisions that aim to avoid damage to the ecosystem. marine resources, human health or other users, and put in place pre-emptive measures to protect them, rather than trying to repair damage (which may be irreversible) after the event. Nevertheless, where it is in the public interest, there may be circumstances where some damaging activities will go ahead with suitable requirements for mitigation or (where possible) compensation of damage. As a final resort, those who do cause damage should be held responsible and pay for it rather than the burden being shouldered by the tax-payer - in line with the polluter-pays principle". Para. 4.10 of consultation document cited in note 2.
7. Safeguarding Sea Life: the joint UK response to the Review of Marine Nature Conservation (2005) www.defra.gov.uk/witdlife-countryside/ewd/ rmnc/index.htm
8. Arguments included and principles cited in Laffoley, D.d'A et al. (2003) Adopting an ecosystem approach for the improved stewardship of the marine environment, some overarching issues. English Nature Research Reports, No. 538. www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/538.pdf
9. and Laffoley, D.d'A et al. (2004) The ecosystem approach: coherent actions for marine and coastal environments. www.english-nature.org.uk/ pubs/publication/pdf/ecosystemapproach.pdf
10. Author's own ongoing research: Fishermen's perspectives on the challenges raised by no-take zone proposals in SW England, www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfwpej/icem.htm#SWNTZ
11. Para. 2.3 and 4.7 of document cited in note 2.
12. "We see stewardship as entrusting people with a responsibility to care for the community they belong to. It means involving people in protecting the oceans and seas and using the resources they offer wisely. The benefits of stewardship include better decision-making, reduced reliance on regulation, generating a positive role for people and organisations and greater inclusiveness." Para. 122 of document cited in note 5.
13. Section 11 of document cited in note 2.
14. Box 1, p. 5 of document cited in note 7.
15. The Irish Sea Pilot Final Report: marine nature conservation and sustainable development (2004) www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2767
16. Marine Spatial Planning Pilot (2006) www.abpmer.net/mspp/
17. "The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only in so far as they affect decisions... if planning is not part of a decision-making process, it is a bag of wind, a piece of paper, and worthless diagrams" Boulding KE (1974) Reflections on planning: the value of uncertainty www.fs.fed.us/ eco/co-watch/ew910321
18. English Nature (2005) Our coasts and seas - making space for people, industry and wildlife. www.english-nature.org.uk/Science/ coasts_and_seas/default.asp
19. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2004) Turning the tide: addressing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment. www.rcep.org.uk/fishreport.htm. Para. 8.96
20. The UK Government Response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's Twenty-Fifth Report Turning the Tide - Addressing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment (2006) www.defra.gov.uk/fish/sea/ pdf/turningtide-govresponse.pdf. Pp. 8-9.