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Sustainable Marine Bioresources

Globally, we face a number of major challenges in sustainably managing marine living resources. There are concerns over widespread marine ecosystem change as a result of human activity, especially the impact that fishing has on marine biodiversity loss. There are indications that we are impairing the ocean's capacity to provide food, maintain water quality, and recover from perturbations, and that if current trends continue many commercial fish stocks may not recover. Climate change impacts including temperature increases, ocean acidification and shifts in primary production bring added complexity, challenging the ability of researchers to provide appropriate scientific advice.

All this provides strong confirmation of the need within the UK to strengthen research in the marine area. Defra, NERC , FRS and AFBI agree that this is a key time for an initiative of this nature in terms of both research area and funding delivery method. More about the Environment and Human Health programme

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