Management Group Meeting 2012

The next Management Group meeting will be held on 11th September 2012 at Portsmouth City Council.

Posted 11/01/2012 10:01

SEMS Review - Nov 2011

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), has been commissioned by Hampshire County Council to undertake a review of the Solent European Marine Site (SEMS) Management Scheme. The original Management Scheme was produced in 2004 to ensure that the European site is managed in line with the Habitats and Birds Directive and to prevent damage or deterioration to the habitats and species for which it is designated. The key objectives of the review process are:

Posted 01/11/2010 19:14

The SEMS secretariat has been contracted to the Solent Forum to ensure the co-ordination of future MG meetings and to act as a contact point for Solent EMS issues. It is up to each Relevant Authority to ensure that they continue to comply with the requirements of the Habitats Regulations. Since 2004 the Solent Forum have facilitated the monitoring of SEMS and collated the reports into an annual monitoring report. In May 2009 the 5th Annual Monitoring Report was produced. There is a requirement to review the management scheme every 5 years and in 2010 the Management Group agreed proposals to complete the review by March 2010. As the scheme is under review, no Annual Monitoring report was produced in May 2010.

Posted 07/09/2010 09:19