General info | |
Project title | Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group |
Project acronym | CSSEG |
Project website | http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/marine/uk/science/ukmas-csseg.htm |
Begin date | 2006-01-01 |
End date | To present |
Location | |
Sea area (C19) | Bristol Channel,English Channel,Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland,Irish Sea,North Atlantic Ocean,North Sea,Norwegian Sea |
Description | |
Data-themes (P08) | Administration and dimensions,Biological oceanography,Chemical oceanography,Cross-discipline |
Abstract | The Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG) focuses particularly on the direct effect on the marine environment of chemicals and pathogens, and their likely impact on human health. The new arrangement brings together the groups dealing with chemical pollution with those measuring microbiology, natural toxins, radioactivity, litter, oil & chemical spills and legacy issues from munitions. A high priority will be integrating efforts to meet the needs of new and future drivers such as the Water Framework Directive and the European Marine Strategy Directive. CSSEG is Chaired by Mike Waldock (CEFAS) and the Secretary is Judy Dobson (SEPA). CSSEG also has responsibility for overseeing the Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National (MERMAN) database that went live in 2006. MERMAN replaces the old NMMP database and will be the storehouse for data on contaminants, biology and biological effects. CSSEG is one of 3 groups that operates under the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy |
Coordinator | |
Coordinating organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office
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Country of Coordinator | United Kingdom |
Contact name | Judy Dobson |
Contact organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office
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Phone | +44 (0)1312737308 |
Fax | +44 (0)1314497277 |
Email | Judy.Dobson@sepa.org.uk |
Project partners | |
Other partners | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute British Oceanographic Data Centre Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory Countryside Council for Wales English Heritage Environment Agency Head Office Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory Isle of Man Government Laboratory Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Aberdeen Office Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Marine Conservation Branch (Peterborough) Met Office, Exeter National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) Natural England Northern Ireland Environment Agency Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Water Management Unit Plymouth Marine Laboratory Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Scottish Association for Marine Science Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Stirling Office Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences
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Edmerp metadata | |
Edmerp id | 10424 |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre
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Latest update | 2008-06-02 |