CoastNet recommended Links
For further information about Marine and Coastal Management Initiatives please visit the following websites listed in the categories below:
Government Departments and Agencies
- CEFAS
- The Countryside Agency
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Trade and Industry
- Environment Agency
- European Union Information
- European Union
- Government Information Service
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Ministry of Defence
- For US information try NOAA Home Page
- United Nations
- United Nations Environment Programme
- Scottish Natural Heritage
Non Governmental Organisations
- BTCV
- Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
- English Heritage
- European Union for Coastal Conservation EUCC
- Friends of the Earth
- Global Volunteer Network
- Greenpeace
- Integrated Coastal Hydrography Project
- Kent Wildlife Trust
- KIMO - Kommunenes Internasjonale Miljøorganisasjon
- Marine Conservation Society
- Marine Stewardship Council
- Marinet
- MarLIN
- Water UK
- National Trust
- River Ocean Research and Education
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Surfers Against Sewage
- Sea Anglers' Conservation Network
- Thames21
- The Seahorse Trust
- The British Seahorse Survey
- Wildlife Trusts
- WWF-UK
- Wildlife Gateway (Thames Gateway)
- World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- Water Pollution Guide (Children and Adults)
Other organisations
- Coastal Management
- Coastal Management for Sustainability
- The Crown Estate
- Maritime Information Gateway
- Netcoast
- Safecoast project - North Sea region
- UK coastal zone
- East of England Development Agency - Climate Change Partnership
Universities and Marine Research Institutions
- Coastal & Estuarine Research Unit University of London
- Coastal Studies Research Group University of Ulster
- Coastal Zone Institute, University College of Cork
- Cozone
- European Directory of Marine Environmental Data
- Gatty Marine Laboratory
- Geodata Institute, University of Southampton
- Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies
- Marine and Coastal Environment Research Group, Cardiff University
- Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- University of Portsmouth
- Research Council Libraries
- Sea Mammal Research Unit
- Southampton Institute
- Southampton Oceanography Centre
- Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
- National Environment Research Council
Coastal Partnerships and Management Schemes
- Alde and Ore Estuary Planning Partnership
- Blackwater Estuary Project
- Canterbury and Swale Education Business Partnership
- Chichester Harbour Conservancy
- Crouch and Roach Estuary Project
- Cromarty Firth Liaison Group
- Dart Estuary Environmental Management
- Devon Maritime Forum
- Dee Estuary Environmental Management
- Dorset Coast Forum
- Duddon Estuary Partnership
- Durham Heritage Coast Partnership
- Durlston Marine Project
- Essex Estuaries Partnership
- Exe Estuary Management Partnership
- Firth of Clyde Forum
- Forth Estuary Forum
- Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
- Hebridean Partnership
- Irish Sea Forum
- Isle of Wight Estuaries Project
- Medway Swale Estuary Partnership
- Mersey Basin Campaign
- The Mersey Partnership
- The Minch Project
- Moray Firth Partnership
- Morecambe Bay Partnership
- Norfolk Coast Partnership
- North Yorks & Cleveland Coastal Forum
- North West Coastal Forum
- Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum
- PISCES
- Rye Bay Countryside Office
- Scottish Coastal Forum
- Sefton Coast Partnership
- Severn Estuary Partnership
- Solent Forum
- Solway Firth Partnership
- South Downs Coastal Group
- Stour and Orwell Estuaries Management Group
- Suffolk Coast and Heaths Project
- Tay Estuary Forum
- Tees Valley Partnership
- Thames Estuary Partnership
- Thanet Coast Project
- Turning the Tide on the Coast of Durham
- Wales Coastal & Maritime Partnership
- Wash Estuary Project
- White Cliffs Countryside Project
Associations
- Association of British Ports
- British Energy
- British Marine Aggregate Producers Association
- British Marine Federation
- BNFL
- British Wind Energy Association
- Country Land and Business Association
- Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association
- European Landowners Association
- National Association of Boat Owners
- National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
- Royal Yachting Association
- Sea Fish Industry Authority
- United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
CoastNET partner organisations