TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the implementation of marine monitoring in the northeast Atlantic
AU - Turrell, W. R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded as part of the core work of Marine Scotland Science. Marine Scotland Science is a division of the Scottish Government . I acknowledge the help and advice of members of the Scottish Marine Monitoring Coordination Group, and discussions with colleagues within ICES, Marine Scotland, and the UKMMAS structures.
Funding Information:
This work was funded as part of the core work of Marine Scotland Science. Marine Scotland Science is a division of the Scottish Government. I acknowledge the help and advice of members of the Scottish Marine Monitoring Coordination Group, and discussions with colleagues within ICES, Marine Scotland, and the UKMMAS structures.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Marine monitoring in the northeast Atlantic is delivered within identifiable monitoring themes, established through time and defined by the geographical area and policy drivers they serve, the sampling methodologies they use, their assessment methodologies, their funding and governance structures and the people or organisations involved in their implementation. Within a monitoring theme, essential components for effective monitoring are governance, strategy and work plan, sampling protocols, quality assurance, and data and assessment structures. This simple framework is used to analyse two monitoring theme case studies; national ecosystem health monitoring, and regional fish stock monitoring. Such essential component analyses, within marine monitoring themes, can help improve monitoring implementation by identifying gaps and overlaps. Once monitoring themes are recognised, explicitly defined and streamlined, travel towards integrated monitoring may be made easier as the current lack of clarity in thematic marine monitoring implementation is one barrier to integration at both national and regional scales.
AB - Marine monitoring in the northeast Atlantic is delivered within identifiable monitoring themes, established through time and defined by the geographical area and policy drivers they serve, the sampling methodologies they use, their assessment methodologies, their funding and governance structures and the people or organisations involved in their implementation. Within a monitoring theme, essential components for effective monitoring are governance, strategy and work plan, sampling protocols, quality assurance, and data and assessment structures. This simple framework is used to analyse two monitoring theme case studies; national ecosystem health monitoring, and regional fish stock monitoring. Such essential component analyses, within marine monitoring themes, can help improve monitoring implementation by identifying gaps and overlaps. Once monitoring themes are recognised, explicitly defined and streamlined, travel towards integrated monitoring may be made easier as the current lack of clarity in thematic marine monitoring implementation is one barrier to integration at both national and regional scales.
KW - Ecosystem approach
KW - Integrated monitoring
KW - Marine monitoring
KW - Marine Strategy Framework Directive
KW - Monitoring programme design
KW - Northeast Atlantic
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044312429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.067
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.067
M3 - Article
C2 - 29571405
AN - SCOPUS:85044312429
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 128
SP - 527
EP - 538
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
ER -
