Information Strategies for Marine Spatial Planning

Introduction & Aims for the day - Mike Osborne

Mapping UK Sea Space - John Pepper

The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN): Working to deliver improved access to and stewardship of UK marine data and information - David Cotton (MEDIN)

Using GIS to Drive Local Marine Policy in the Shetland Islands - Lorraine Gray (NAFC)

A management framework for delivering evidence on the marine environment to large coastal infrastructure projects - David Morris (Cefas)

Science Needs to Inform Marine Spatial Planning - Stephen Hull (ABPmer)

Working at the marine/land interface; lessons learnt from a regional pilot study - Nicki Turton (Environment Systems)

Can Traditional GI Data Supply Strategies Work Offshore? - Dan Schnurr (Blom)

Archiving marine biodiversity data, its collation and analysis for application to the marine management issues of today - Dan Lear (MBA)

Fishing grounds description for Marine Spatial Plans - Sophie des Clers (UCL)

Scaling bathymetry for efficient data management - Trish Groves (Caris)

Challenges in delivering data to support marine planning - Jamie Moore (TCE) & Patricia Almada-Villela (MMO)