Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National database (MERMAN)
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)
Snapshot of the MERMAN database home-page ©
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)
Related MERMAN pages at BODC
| Project overview | Assessments and data access | |
| BODC's role | Other links | |
| Project specific |
