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Red Tape Challenge - Water and Marine Theme
February 2012

The Government’s ‘Red Tape Challenge’ was launched in April last year to open up Government regulation to the scrutiny and challenge of the public, businesses and experts. On the Red Tape Challenge website, regulations are divided into themes, each featured on the front page for a ‘spotlight’ period of around five weeks.
 
The Water and Marine theme will be in the spotlight from 17 February till the 23 March and will include: flood and coastal erosion; water quality; water resource; inland waterways*, fisheries and marine conservation
 
You can leave your comments and ideas on the regulations on the website
http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/home/index/ or send a private submission to the Red Tape Team at redtapechallenge@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk
 
The Red Tape Challenge website is being used to gather innovative ideas on how the aims of regulations can be fulfilled in the most successful and least burdensome ways. There is no intention to reduce environmental protection.

Marine Strategy Framework Directive Consultation: UK Initial Assessment and proposals for Good Environmental Status

Consultation Start: 27 March 2012
Consultation End: 18 June 2012

For the UK, the directive is part of a package of policies, united by our vision for ‘clean, healthy, safe, productive, and biologically diverse oceans and seas’.  The directive’s aims are consistent with this vision and current policies, such as the implementation of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, and the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy will play a major role in helping us achieve Good Environmental Status (GES).

The directive is very wide-ranging and sets out eleven descriptors of GES relating to biological diversity, non-indigenous species introductions, commercially exploited fish and shellfish populations, food webs, human-induced eutrophication, sea floor integrity, hydrographical conditions, concentrations of contaminants, contaminants in fish and other seafood, litter, and noise.

Further Information
Find more information on the MSFD including consultation Q&A and factsheets by using this link