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A future for our seas

Wildlife and Countryside Link is calling for comprehensive legislation to achieve better protection for marine wildlife and effective management of our seas

Wildlife and Countryside Link is urging government to adopt a number of measures to improve marine protection, including:

A co-ordinated approach and overall vision for UK waters, including an ecosystem-based approach to managing the marine environment;
Improved, properly enforced marine legislation, including the designation of protected areas and better species protection;
A planning system to enable strategic and integrated - rather than piecemeal - management of activities at sea; and
A new system for managing inshore fisheries.

Photo: © Shark Trust, 2005.

To read more about Link's marine campaign, including our series of Marine Bill bulletins and working papers, click here, or see the chronological list of our publications at the bottom of this page.

On World Oceans Day, 8 June 2005, a massive 165,000 pledges of support for new marine laws was presented to 10, Downing Street. To read more click here

The Link marine campaign is led by: the Marine Conservation Society; the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society; The Wildlife Trusts; and WWF-UK, and is supported by other Link members including: Buglife – the Invertebrate Conservation Trust; the Council for British Archaeology; the Herpetological Conservation Trust; Marine Connection; the Shark Trust; the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; the Zoological Society of London.

Documents & Press Releases

3 April 2008	Link Marine Bill Parliamentary Bulletin 5: Legislating for the Marine Environment
21 Dec 2007	Link response to Lyme Bay consultation
9 Nov 2007	Link letter to the Times - Where has the Marine Bill gone?
4 Sep 2007	Campaigning for a Sea Change - Joint Links response to the Marine Bill White Paper
8 Jun 2007	Link response to Marine Bill White Paper consultation
21 May 2007	Link Marine Bill Parliamentary Bulletin: Link's response to the Marine Bill White Paper "A Sea Change"
29 Nov 2006	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 9: Marine Nature Reserves - Lessons we must learn
8 Sep 2006	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 8: Link's response to the Marine Bill consultation
23 Jun 2006	Link response to consultation on a Marine Bill
12 May 2006	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 7: The case for Highly Protected Marine Reserves
31 Mar 2006	Link response to Consultation on European Commission Marine Strategy Package
29 Mar 2006	Link Press Release - Marine Bill consultation announced
17 Feb 2006	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 6: The Overfalls case study
2 Dec 2005	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 5: Marine Spatial Planning
14 Nov 2005	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 4: The Marine Bill and Marine Protected Areas
21 Oct 2005	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 3: The Future Management of Inshore Fisheries in England
23 Sep 2005	Marine Bill Working Paper - Marine Spatial Planning: Question Time
23 Sep 2005	Marine Bill Working Paper -The Future Management of the Inshore Fisheries in England
23 Sep 2005	Marine Bill Working Paper - The Marine Bill and Marine Protected Areas
23 Sep 2005	Marine Bill Working Paper - Biodiversity Protection and Conservation in the Marine Environment
13 Sep 2005	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 2: Biodiversity Protection and Conservation in the Marine Environment
3 Aug 2005	Link Marine Bill Bulletin - Issue 1: A Future for our Seas – What the Marine Bill must contain
8 Jun 2005	Marine Campaigners Press for Protection of UK Seas
17 May 2005	Government's Marine Bill pledge welcomed
15 May 2005	Queen's speech must include Marine Bill
9 Mar 2005	UK mobilised to save sea life
1 Mar 2005	Government report confirms need for a Marine Bill