Partnerships

There are several organisations throughout the UK, known as Competent Monitoring Authorities (CMAs), who are involved with the monitoring and data collection for this programme.  These comprise

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
• Department of Environment Marine Division (DOE Marine Division) (DOEM)
• Environment Agency (EA)
• Marine Scotland Science (MSS)
• Natural Resource Wales (NRW)
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

These organisations collect data on behalf of

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
• Marine Scotland (MS)
• The Welsh Assembly Government
• Department of the Environment (DOE) (NI)
• Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) (NI)