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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what role the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University plays in UK marine policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what role the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University plays in UK marine policy.
Asked by
Bill Wiggin
(Conservative)
Answered by
Jonathan Shaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2008
For answer on
6 May 2008
Answered on
12 May 2008
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) is an independent research centre, and is used by Defra as a contractor to provide scientific research and monitoring. The unit is currently responsible for monitoring cetacean by-catch under the requirements of the EC Habitats Directive and Council Regulation 812/2004, and for developing mitigation measures to reduce the by-catch of marine mammals.SMRU is also a member of the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group, one of the groups falling under the umbrella of the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy. Defra is committed to evidence-based policy development, and therefore scientific evidence and information derived from monitoring initiatives such as this plays an important role.
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Sea Mammal Research Unit
Date
12 May 2008
Reference
475 c1340W; 203998
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he provides to the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at St. Andrews University; what proportion of the work carried out by the SMRU relates to whaling; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he provides to the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at St. Andrews University; what proportion of the work carried out by the SMRU relates to whaling; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Bill Wiggin
(Conservative)
Answered by
Jonathan Shaw
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2008
For answer on
6 May 2008
Answered on
12 May 2008
Defra has committed £35,555 for the period 2008-09 for the research project entitled ““Conservation of whales and the management of whaling””. The project is being taken forward by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU).This project forms the basis for UK representation on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Scientific Committee. Its overall aim is to provide independent scientific advice to Defra and the IWC, through its Scientific Committee, on matters related to the conservation of large and small cetacean populations and the management of whaling and other human-induced mortality, thus informing policy. The results are intended for Defra, the IWC and the wider scientific community.The work which comprises this project will enable the scientific interests of the IWC to be pursued by: assisting the IWC Scientific Committee to provide the best possible advice to the Commission; providing scientific advice to Defra on IWC-related matters; summarising UK cetacean research in the annual National Progress Report to the IWC; and ensuring a high standard of publications in the IWC Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.
Subjects
Finance; Sea Mammal Research Unit
Date
12 May 2008
Reference
475 c1340-1W; 203999
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Science and Technology Committee
Subjects
Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Research; Seas and oceans; Science; Royal Society of Chemistry; British Antarctic Survey; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Natural England; Scottish Association for Marine Science; Sea Mammal Research Unit; Dickson, Bob
Date
4 July 2007
Reference
HC 470-iv 2006-07
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the trials into the use of exclusion devices developed by the Sea Mammal Research Unit to reduce the bycatch of cetaceans in pelagic trawl fisheries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the trials into the use of exclusion devices developed by the Sea Mammal Research Unit to reduce the bycatch of cetaceans in pelagic trawl fisheries.
Asked by
Candy Atherton
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 January 2003
For answer on
16 January 2003
Answered on
16 January 2003
Ms Atherton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment has been made of the trials into
the use of exclusion devices developed by the Sea Mammal Research Unit to reduce the bycatch of cetaceans in pelagic trawl
fisheries. [90777]
Mr. Morley: During March and April last year the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St. Andrews University made encouraging progress in
developing and testing separator grids during their monitoring work on the seasonal bass fishery off South West England. Some
further work was carried out in December 2002 to refine the gear but planned trials at sea could not take place because of an
accident involving one of the vessels chartered for the trial. The trial will now be resumed in spring once the commercial fishery
restarts in order to further refine the system and assess its suitability for protecting dolphins in the fishery.
Subjects
Cetaceans; Fisheries; Fishing catches; Fishing vessels; Dolphins; Research; Drift nets; Sea Mammal Research Unit
Date
16 January 2003
Reference
90777; 397 c732W;397 c730-1W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
European Communities Committee
Notes
Received 08.08.94
Subjects
Common fisheries policy; Conservation; Fisheries; Joint Nature Conservation Committee; EU action; Fish; Fishing gear; National Rivers Authority; Protection; RSPCA; Greenpeace; Drift nets; Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations; Atlantic Salmon Trust; Sea Mammal Research Unit; Salmon and Trout Association; Wildlife and Countryside Link; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; French Embassy; Italian Embassy; Irish Sea Fisheries Board; Spanish Embassy; Swedish Embassy
Commons Library location
Research Sc 639.2,P
Date
19 July 1994
Reference
HL 77 1993/94
House
House of Lords