Resources
A range of materials by our subject matter experts
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BRIEFING NOTE
Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code Update
What has changed between the 2016 and 2025 PMSC? (April 2025)
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WHITE PAPER
The Challenge of Tanker Escort Towing
Ensuring a safe working load for tanker vessel fittings (April 2025)
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BRIEFING NOTE
What Makes a Good Marine Safety Management System?
The essential aspects of an MSMS compliant with the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code (April 2025)
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WHITE PAPER
Intertidal Net Gain - Are We Getting It Wrong?
Comparing habitat compensation in internationally protected sites with net gain requirements (September 2022)
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WHITE PAPER
Making Best Use of AIS
The value of Automated Information Systems (AIS) to navigation planning and management (November 2021)
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WHITE PAPER
Blue Carbon in Managed Realignments
An overview with a comparative analysis and valuation of 10 different UK sites (November 2021)
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WHITE PAPER
Accounting for Weather in Marine Operations
Analysing the past to inform future decisions (September 2021)
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WHITE PAPER
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Thoughts on fisheries from a UK perspective (January 2021)
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WHITE PAPER
UK Offshore Wind Expansion: Article 6.4
Meeting the challenges of Article 6(4) of the Habitats Directive (January 2020)
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WHITE PAPER
Net Gain for the Marine Environment
Moving towards a practical framework and metric for the marine environment (July 2019)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Environmental Net Gain
The case for introducing a statutory system (March 2019)
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WHITE PAPER
Environmental Net Gain (Coastal Futures 2019)
Review and Future Trends (January 2019)
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PRESENTATION
Marine Planning in Scotland
Marine Planning, Conservation and Licensing in Scotland (January 2018)
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WHITE PAPER
Using Dredge Sediment for Habitat Creation
Using Dredge Sediment for Habitat Creation and Restoration: A Cost Benefit Review (September 2017)
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WHITE PAPER
UK Marine Habitat Creation Schemes
A summary of managed realignment and regulated exchange projects 1991 - 2016
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WHITE PAPER
Coastal Habitat Creation - Using Dredged Sediment
Coastal Habitat Creation Are We Delivering? Conference Report (December 2016)
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WHITE PAPER
A Brexit Blueprint for Sustainable Seas
A Brexit Blueprint for Sustainable Seas (November 2016)
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WHITE PAPER
Brexit: Where next for UK fisheries?
Brexit: Where next for UK fisheries? (July 2016)
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WHITE PAPER
Brexit: Implications for the Marine Environment
Brexit: Implications for the future of the UK’s Marine Environment (July 2016)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning in the UK - making a difference?
Marine Planning in the UK: Making a Difference? (September 2015)
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BRIEFING NOTE
The costs of managed realignment schemes in the UK
The cost of undertaking managed realignment schemes in the UK (May 2015)
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WHITE PAPER
Ensuring Flood Resilience
An overview of 5/6 December 2013 UK storm surge (July 2014)
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BRIEFING NOTE
Coastal Habitat Creation - Are We Delivering?
Coastal Habitat Creation - Are We Delivering? Conference report (December 2013)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Boundaries
Marine Planning: Boundaries, White Paper (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Decision-Making Process
Marine Planning: Decision-Making Process (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Evidence Requirements
Marine Planning: Evidence Requirements (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Implementation and Delivery
Marine Planning: Managing Plan Implementation and Delivery (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Plan Making Process
Marine Planning: Plan Making Process (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Stakeholders and Community
Marine Planning: Stakeholders and Community Involvement (July 2010)
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WHITE PAPER
Marine Planning: Vision and Objectives
Marine Planning: Vision and Objectives (July 2010)
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