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Ocean Country Partnership Programme
Published date 2026-05-15Ocean Country Partnership Programme Background The OCPP was a UK-led programme funded through the UK’s £500 million Blue Planet Fund. The Blue Planet Fund is financed through the UK Official Developme...
UK progress report summary on biodiversity targets published
Published date 2026-05-11A Summary of the UK's 7th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been published today, providing a concise overview of the UK’s 7th National Report (7NR).Our previous news...
Contracts over £10,000
Published date 2026-05-11A monthly-updated list of all financial transactions spending over £10,000 made by JNCC in relation to all ITC expenditure, as part of the Government's commitment to transparency in expenditure. Infor...
About Marine Protected Areas
Published date 2025-12-30What are MPAs? There are many definitions for MPAs. However, they can be defined broadly as a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective me...
UKBI - Marine pollution
Published date 2025-12-31Marine pollution Assessment of change Assessment of change in input of hazardous substances to the marine environment.MeasureAssessmentTime periodResultCombined input of hazardous substances to the UK...
UKBI - Harmful incentives
Published date 2025-12-31Value of subsidies and other incentives harmful to biodiversity Assessment of change As this is an official statistic in development it has not been assessed. Key results Subsidies screened as potenti...
SS.SMu.CFiMu.BlyrAchi Brissopsis lyrifera and Amphiura chiajei in circalittoral mud
Published date 2015-03Mud in deep offshore, or shallower stable nearshore, waters can be characterised by the urchin Brissopsis lyrifera and the brittle star Amphiura chiajei. Where intense benthic dredge fishing activity ...
LR.LLR.F.Asc.X Ascophyllum nodosum on full salinity mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Sheltered to extremely sheltered full salinity mixed substrata (cobbles, boulders and pebbles on sediment) characterised by a canopy formed by a mosaic of the wracks Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesi...
SS.SSa.SSaVS.MoSaVS Infralittoral mobile sand in variable salinity (estuaries)
Published date 2015-03Very mobile sand in areas of strong tidal currents and variable salinity. No stable community is able to develop within this extremely mobile and abrasive habitat. The fauna encountered in this habita...
LR.LLR.F.Fves Fucus vesiculosus on moderately exposed to sheltered mid eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Moderately exposed to very sheltered mid eulittoral bedrock and large boulders characterised by a dense canopy of the wrack Fucus vesiculosus (Abundant to Superabundant). Beneath the seaweed canopy th...