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ARCHIVE: Marine Science Co-ordination Committee
The Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC) is a committee with members drawn from the key marine science funding Government departments, the Devolved Administrations, 3 non-executive members and public marine science providers in the UK. Defra and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton are hosting the committee secretariat.
Latest news
- 3 February 2010: The UK Marine Science Strategy (PDF 3MB) has been launched today. A press release has been issued.
What will the Committee do?
The Committee was set up in response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report "Investigating the Oceans"‘ to help the UK to face up to future marine science challenges. The role of the MSCC is to implement the UK Marine Science Strategy and to improve marine science co-ordination.
UK Marine Science Strategy
Following extensive consultation with the marine science community including a series of workshops (PDF 1.4MB) throughout 2009, the UK Marine Science Strategy (PDF 3MB) has been published plus the Delivery Plan (PDF 50KB) that will implement it.
A list of related European and other international legislation (PDF 16KB) is also available.
MSCC meetings
The MSCC meet every six months.
- Minutes of meeting held on 25 September 2009 (PDF 446KB)
- Record of workshop (PDF 235KB) held on 13 March 2009.
- The minutes of the first meeting on 17 July 2008 (PDF), which include terms of reference for the Committee and the broad outline for the Strategy.
Underwater Sound Forum
The Underwater Sound Forum (USF) is a sub-group of the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee. The Forum is made up of representatives of the key stakeholders within the UK marine and maritime community (Government, academic, NGO and industry) that have an interest in how the UK manages the issue of underwater sound in the science, technology, policy and legal areas. While the focus of the USF is UK-centric, the Forum recognises that the problem of underwater sound and its impact on the environment is international in its regulation and can be global in its impact. The USF has been in existence since 2004.
More information on the Underwater Sound Forum will be available shortly.
Contact us
For further information on the MSCC, please e-mail the Secretariat at mscc@defra.gsi.gov.uk or phone 023 8059 6789.
Page last modified:
04 March 2010
Page published: 15 May 2009