The Marine Assessment and Reporting Group (MARG) defines the monitoring programmes required to meet national, European and, where appropriate, international obligations and commitments, for assessing the state of the UK seas and the pressures affecting them. It leads the production of the assessment of Good Environmental Status (GES) under the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS) Part One and the update of the monitoring programme under UK Marine Strategy Part Two.
MARG ensures participation in, and integration with OSPAR’s work on assessment and monitoring, particularly the process to deliver the OSPAR Quality Status Report.
The monitoring and assessment work for the UKMS indicators is carried out by experts and scientists working in the four UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS) Evidence Groups. The Healthy Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG), Ocean Processes Ocean Group (OPEG), Clean Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG) and Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG) deliver high quality and policy relevant outputs including (but not limited to) indicator development/research and development.
The Marine Assessment Reporting Group (MARG) reports to the Policy Leads Group (PLG), the main collective decision-making forum between the four UK administrations for delivery of the UK Marine Strategy, and related international obligations such as the OSPAR convention.
Provides expertise and robust evidence to understand the state and biological diversity of UK seas and the pressures acting on them to secure a functioning and thriving marine ecosystem. This is achieved through coordination and integration of monitoring and data at UK level in collaboration with our stakeholders.
Responsible for carrying out assessments and understanding of the effects of hazardous substances, eutrophication, marine litter and underwater noise on the marine environment. CSSEG achieve this through coordination and integration of monitoring and data at UK level, and in collaboration with OSPAR working groups where common indicators are used.
Aims to ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place to identify the nature and influences that human activities have on the socio-economic uses of the marine environment. PSEG collect information needed for completing the socioeconomic assessment elements of the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS).
Responds to the policy requirements originating from MARG and UKMMAS, collating evidence that describes the trends in the underlying physical and biogeochemical state of the UK marine environment, through understanding the ocean and climate processes that drive this state. The evidence will contribute to clarifying how prevailing conditions of the seas are changing due to climate change.
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