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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 Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
  • Environment Agency (EA)
  • Marine Scotland Science (MSS). Additionally MSS submit contaminants data on behalf of Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
  • Natural Resource Wales (NRW)
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
                       

These organisations collect data on behalf of

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • The Scottish Government
  • The Welsh Government
  • Department of the Environment DOE to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) (NI)
  • Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute (AFBI) (NI)