Presentations from the WAMM (Wholescape Approach to Marine Management) South East Regional Workshop. A series of 4 regional workshops is being held in 2020 to build knowledge and expertise within coastal, estuarine and CaBA partnerships across a range of issues including data and evidence, policy and legislation and the benefits of collaborative working. The workshops also provide the opportunity to meet other partnerships and initiate collaboration with potential partners, hear about project case studies and discuss barriers and opportunities to collaborative delivery. You can find out more about the WAMM project at https://www.theriverstrust.org/projects/wamm-wholescape-approach-to-marine-management/

1. Wholescape Approach to
Marine Management
(WAMM)
South East Regional
Workshop
London - 27th February 2020

2. Index
Introduction to WAMM and Workshop Rob Collins
Thames Estuary Partnership Amy Pryor
South East Rivers Trust Chris Gardner
Essex Rivers Hub Darren Tansley and Rachel Langley
Solent Forum Kate Ansell
Framework for Collaborative Working Amy Pryor
Data and Evidence – Technical Support Tools Catherine McIlwraith and Lucy Butler
Policy, Legislation and the Regulatory Framework Rob Collins and Amy Pryor
Introduction to the WAMM Roadmap Natasha Bradshaw
WAMM Project Support Lucy Butler and Natasha Bradshaw

3. WAMM – London Workshop
Wholescape Approach to Marine
Management
Introduction
Rob Collins
rob@theriverstrust.org
(The Rivers Trust & CaBA Support Team)

4. WAMM Team

5. Challenges
• Knowledge gaps with respect to
Estuarine & Coastal Waters –
status, pressures & impacts
• Lack of resources; challenge of
integrating land, estuarine and
coastal waters; need to engage a
diverse range of stakeholders
• Despite relatively strong
regulatory framework (MSFD,
Habitats Directive etc.) work is
piecemeal; lack of integration

6. WAMM Objectives
• Drive a collaborative, closer working model between
Coastal Partnerships and (TRaC-relevant) CaBA
Partnerships
• Improve integration across terrestrial, freshwater,
estuarine and coastal environments, embed a more
strategic ‘wholescape’ approach
• Improve understanding of the state of estuarine and
coastal waters – Article 80

7. Benefits of
Collaboration
• Pool expertise, data,
resources (get more for
less)
• Access a wider range of
key stakeholders
• Secure funds for larger
more holistic projects
• Maximise environmental,
social and economic
benefits

8. Morecambe
Bay Pilot
Aims:
• Drive a collaborative approach across
the 4 partnerships, for the longer term;
Morecambe Bay Coastal Partnership, 3
CaBA Partnerships (led by Wyre, Lune
& South Cumbria RTs)
• Improve understanding of the state of
coastal and estuarine waters
• Improve understanding of the link
between freshwater/catchment
processes and the Bay

9. Morecambe
Bay Pilot
Why Morecambe Bay?
• Existing stakeholder engagement
strong
• Multiple Designations – SAC,
SPA, SSSI, Ramsar, Salmon
Rivers, BAP Priority Species,
critical nursery area – commercial
marine species
• Heterogeneous range of
pressures across the catchment
• Proposed new ‘Eden Project’

10. Morecambe
Bay Pilot
• Monitoring program that includes riverine
and estuarine water quality including
microplastics, the impact of septic tanks
and diffuse pollution, the health and
diversity of the estuarine fish
populations, and, community education
• Focus on plastics – microplastics in
water column, sediment and biota.
• Work with Lancaster University and other
stakeholders
• Plastics workshop (May 2020)

11. Data & Evidence
• Development of a Coastal data explorer to be
circulated to relevant partnerships nationwide
• Development of at least 3 shared information
platforms – capture local datasets, help the
participatory process
• Support building of knowledge in partnerships;
technical aspects, proposals, plans, business
cases etc
• Workshops, webinars, guidance material and
(some) 1-2-1 support

12. Framework for Collaborative
Delivery in the Coastal &
Estuarine Environment
• Work with Coastal and (TraC
relevant) CaBA Partnerships to
understand both opportunities and
challenges to working together
• Develop a model for partnership
working within and between CPs
and CaBA for the long-term.
• Framework will provide a longer-
term legacy for the project,
providing a roadmap for integrated
delivery.

13. National Knowledge Exchange
• National Conference
• Workshops
• Webinars
• 1-2-1 support
• Re-energise the CaBA Coastal &
Estuarine Working Group

14. Thanks
rob@theriverstrust.org

15. What Next? - The Collaborative
Management ‘Snake’

16. Amy Pryor, Technical Director
WAMM SE Workshop
February 2020

17. Thames Estuary Partnership

18. The (River) Thames Estuary
The Territory
• Tideway: 160 km
• Canalised tributaries
• Flood plain (blue)
• 130 km River walls
• 9 Flood barriers
• Similar European
Rivers:
• Elbe
• Weser
• Rhine
• Scheldt
• Humber

19. TEP Stakeholder Engagement/Action
Groups

20. TEP Events and communications

21. TEP and Partners: Strategy and Guidance
Documents
• 1999 - Management guidance for the
Thames
• 2003 - Tidal Thames Habitat Action Plan
• 2005 - State of the Thames Estuary
• 2008 - Estuary Edges
• 2008 - Thames Strategy East

22. TEP Research and Data

23. Representation and Advocacy
• London Climate Change Partnership,
• PLA Biodiversity Working Group
• London Boroughs Biodiversity Forum
• Team London Bridge Green Grid Strategy Group
• Coastal Communities Alliance (as CPN Chair)
• Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group (as CPN Chair)
• UCL SEAL Advisory Group
• London Higher Network
• Institute of Fisheries Management Estuarine and Marine Specialist Group
• Thames Eel Management Group,
• Estuarine and Coastal Waters Catchment Based Approach Working Group (as
CPN Chair),
• National Water Leaders Group (as CPN Chair)
• London Boroughs Biodiversity Forum
• Catchment Partnerships in London and sub groups (Misconnections, River
Restoration)

24. TEP Project Management and
collaboration

26. Estuary Edges

27. Intertidal Vegetated Terraces

28. 28
Estuary Edges Social Capital

29. • A new student and citizen science fish, plant and invertebrate survey
programme on the tidal Thames
• Raising public awareness about the wildlife on the Thames
• Over 8 organisations are already involved…
Thames Ecological Student Training

31. https://thamesestuarypartnershi
p.org/our-projects/greater-
thames-estuary-fish-migration-
roadmap/
• 1842 barriers mapped across 14 operational catchments & 3 RBDs
• Celebrating success stories
• Citizen Science for monitoring
Greater Thames Estuary Fish Migration
Roadmap

32. TRaC Waters through London

33. • 2012/13 – Pilot year, consultation
• 2013/14 – Data and mapping – boat trip, website
• 2014/15 – YTT Vision + PLA Vision
• 2015/16 – Expanded the partnership, 1st project = Unflushables
• 2016/17 – Mapping Vision against PLA’s
• 2017/18 – 1st National Estuarine CaBA/CPN conference with EA
• 2018/19 – The lost year – 1x CP meeting
• 2019/20 – Reboot with dedicated Catchment Partnership officer
based at Thames21.

34. 34
For Amy – please
amend or delete
a.pryor@ucl.ac.uk
www.thamesestuarypartnership.org
www.coastalpartnershipsnetwork.org.uk

35. title
South East Rivers Trust
Dr Chris Gardner, Catchment Manager, South East Rivers Trust

36. Structure of talk:
• Dr Chris Gardner;
• South East Rivers Trust (SERT);
• The Issues: with and experience on Urban Rivers;
• The Solutions: Examples of actions / enhancement schemes designed to address specific
problems;
• Example 1: River Clean ups, River Wandle 2001 – 2020+;
• Example 2: Carshalton Arm, River Wandle 2010 – 2014;
• Example 3: Darent and Cray – River Restoration through Central Park Dartford.

37. 20+ years experience Fisheries Scientist

38. • Our mission is for the rivers in the South East Rivers Trust area to achieve ‘Good Ecological Status’;
• Grown out of the Wandle Trust into SERT 2015, currently growing into our new patch;
• Will soon be 20 full time staff, 2 part time. Tripled in size over last 18 months.
Host the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) in 10/12 catchments and deliver our four pillars:
• Education;
• Engagement;
• Ecological Improvement;
• Effective partnership and facilitation.
South East Rivers Trust

39. South East Rivers Trust
Issues with and experience on Urban Rivers.

40. River Modification impacting habitat for Fishes – Rural Rivers.
The lower reaches of the relatively unmodified lower River Rees,
South Island, New Zealand; complex meander and diverse flow
patterns creating lentic and lotic habitat types - heterogeneous.
However: Floodplain cleared for grazing so river lacks complexity
and diversity that woody material would bring.
The lower reaches of the heavily modified River
Witham, Lincolnshire, UK; floodbanks
disconnecting river from floodplain, straight,
over wide & over deep; resembling more
stillwater than river, impounded, lacks a mix of
lentic and lotic habitat types - homogenous.

41. River Modification more prevalent in the Urban Environment!
and the Urban Environment presents challenges to delivery!

42. Urban: Habitat issues.
Concrete
Concrete
Concrete
Concrete
Concrete
Concrete
Concrete

43. Urban: water quality issues – outfalls, CSOs, miss connections &
overloaded and out-dated sewer network.

44. Urban: Litter issues.

45. South East Rivers Trust
The Solutions: Examples of actions / enhancement schemes
designed to address specific problems.

46. Example 1: River Clean ups, River Wandle
2001 – 2020+
Since 2009-2016:
- cleared 15 km of river
(repeated sections),
- 265 tonnes removed,
- 17,220 hours by volunteers
clearing rubbish.
Helps local people value their
river, and engages the
community leading to education
about wider river issues.
Helps the image of the river: A
river full of litter is going to
treated poorly.

47. © S. Evans 2009
© S. Evans 20

48. Example 2: Carshalton Arm, River Wandle
2010 – 2014.
• Multi-partner funded; CRF (DEFRA), EA,
Thames Water, EU (Interreg IVA),
Heritage Lottery Fund, Wild Trout Trust,
probably others too! £363k;
• Weir removal (7 low weirs);
• Hydrodynamic silt traps (Water quality,
silt) addressing contaminated road run-
off;
• Gravel introduction (habitat,
geomorphology);
• Channel narrowing, marginal wetlands
(habitat, hydromorphology).

49. Butter Hill – Before Removal.

50. Butter Hill – During Removal.

51. Butter Hill – After Removal.

52. Butter Hill 2 – Before Partial Removal After Partial Removal.

53. (No Defender)

54. Real benefits!

55. “The Wandle Trust have absolutely transformed the fortunes of
this previously degraded London chalkstream” (WTT), which has
lead to the Carshalton arm of the Wandle to be the first urban
waterbody to be designated as ‘Good Ecological Potential’ under
WFD, in the UK. And WINNER of UK River Prize 2016 (Urban).
Phase1
Phase2
Phase3
Phase4
Phase5

56. South East Rivers Trust
Darent and Cray – River Restoration through Central Park Dartford

57. Flow
Example 3: Darent and Cray – River Restoration through
Central Park Dartford.

59. Any Questions?

60. Essex Wildlife Trust
The Essex Rivers Hub
[Combined Essex Catchment Partnership]
Darren Tansley - River Catchment Coordinator
Rachel Langley - Living Seas Coordinator

61. Essex Rivers Hub
A large catchment partnership with significant estuaries and coastline
EssexRiversHub.org.uk

62. Essex Rivers Hub
Major new upgrade under development for 2020
EssexRiversHub.org.uk

63. Essex Rivers Hub
Challenges
Fish Passage
Sea level rise & climate emergency
Saltmarsh degradation and eutrophication
Vulnerable species

64. Challenges - Pollution
Analysis of otter and water shrew diet reveals plastic

65. Challenges - Pollution
Plastic in the rivers eventually ends up at sea

66. Challenges – Water supply
Either ‘too much’ or ‘too little’

67. Challenges – Coastal Flooding
Combination of sea level rise and storm winds – January 2020
Chris Cook

68. Challenges – Flooding impacts on species
Otter road deaths in Essex now the highest since records began

69. Challenges – Soil run-off
Losing our soil and nutrients impacts aquatic species

70. Challenges – Nutrients from inland
Macro-algae mats now smothering saltmarsh plants

71. Coastal development pressures
Water vole habitat fragmentation: significant mitigation required

72. Fish Passage Issues
Supporting the Thames Estuary Partnership

73. Essex Rivers Hub
Choices
Combat the causes of climate change
Adapt to the more volatile weather patterns
Joint action for greater impact

74. Choices – The Blackwater Partnership
Working together on estuary and catchment scale solutions

75. We need a strategy to address the
pressures of coastal change, or
responses will be disjointed and
piecemeal. The conservation
community need to set the agenda
for the future of these estuaries,
placing in the minds of decision
makers, a future supportive of
nature conservation, quiet
recreation, appreciation of
landscape and well-being.
Choices – The Blackwater Partnership
Why a vision for the Blackwater?

76. Choices – Promoting managed realignments
Removing sea walls to create naturally resilient sea defences

77. Choices – Saltmarsh restoration innovation
Smaller scale pilots to restore denuded saltmarsh

78. Project launch:
Saturday 21st March, Fingringhoe Wick NR
Choices – Protecting our coastal wildlife
Habitat management, population monitoring and public engagement

79. Choices – Working in a Marine Conservation Zone
Native oyster restoration

80. • In very initial stages….EWT and RSPB leading.
• Aspiration – to develop a landscape-scale, long-term plan for
proactively using BUDS in the Blackwater.
• Currently exploring options…there is potential for:
• Saltmarsh restoration
• Shingle ridge recharge and expansion
• Contributing to native oyster restoration
• Protecting sea defences
• Local sources of material – Harwich Haven Authority and
smaller-scale dredges.
• Lots of barriers!
• The Solent Forum are already making good progress.
Choices – Exploring landscape scale
solutions
Beneficial use of dredged sediment (BUDS)

81. This slide is mandatory reading at all our talks!
The Environment Agency’s ‘Challenges
and Choices’ consultation is open until
24 April 2020
Email RBMPConsultation@environment-agency.gov.uk
Phone 03708 506 506
Or search for “Challenges & Choices” online

82. Kate Ansell, Solent Forum
Solent Forum, c/o Hampshire County Council,
Economy, Transport and Environment,
Elizabeth II Court West, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UD
Tel: 01962 846027, E-mail: info@solentforum.org
Website: www.solentforum.org

83. Solent Forum Boundary

84. The Solent Harbours:
Beaulieu River, Lymington Estuary, Southampton Water, River Hamble, Portsmouth
Harbour, Langstone Harbour, Chichester Harbour, Yar Estuary, Medina Estuary
(Cowes), Bembridge Harbour.
River Catchments: New Forest, Test and Itchen, South Hampshire,
Island Rivers

85. Solent: A Few Key Facts
 Population of more than 1.25 million
 Ten main harbours, Solent sea stretch is approx. 32 kilometres long
 42,000 businesses, internationally-recognised key economic hub
 Two cities of Portsmouth and Southampton both with major ports
 Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth
 Most of the coastline and Solent waterbody is a designated site for
nature conservation, Solent Maritime SAC unfavourable as elevated
nutrient levels and aqueous contaminants
 One of the most important sailing areas in the world
 Three universities

86. • Established in 1992
• Hosted by Hampshire County Council, two staff and a
Chair
• 52 members – professional bodies/organisations/industry
• Services the Solent European Marine Sites Scheme of
Management
Key aim: ‘Promote and Share Collaborative Good
Practice across the Solent’.
Solent Forum Key Facts

87. Current Project Work, 2020
1) Beneficial Use of Dredgings in the Solent
2) Building Biodiversity in the Solent (BBS) Hub
3) Clean Solent Seas and Shores – litter and Solent nutrient issues
4) Climate change adaptation
5) Intertidal mudflat disturbance from anthropogenic activity
6) Boating and water quality – pump out facilities

88. Beneficial Use of Dredgings in the Solent
Q. How do we use dredged material from rivers and coast to
benefit the natural environment – a nature based solution to
flooding, erosion and habitat loss?
Source: ABPmer

89. Q. How do we link ecological enhancement across TraC waters
to form a nature recovery network?
Building Biodiversity in the Solent
Tidal pools, built
as part of a
coastal defence
scheme at Tipner,
Portsmouth by
Eastern Solent
Coastal
Partnership.

90. Tipner West, Portsmouth 44ha (proposed 4000+ new houses)
Q. How do we mitigate the nutrient load from new coastal housing?
Clean Solent Seas and Shores

91. Algal mat in Langstone Harbour
Q. How do we best convey land
based anthropogenic impacts on
coastal environments to people?
Also consider impacts on:
• Recreational use (health and well
being agenda)
• England Coast Path
• Businesses depending on clean
water, e.g. sailing schools
Photo: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Algal Mats in the Solent

92. Climate Change Adaptation: Land projected to be below
annual flood level in 2050
Source: Climate Central

93. Q. How can we work together to adapt our TraC waters to
climate change?
What happens to
Islands when the
marine transport
network is stopped
by storms?

94. Kate Ansell, Solent Forum
Solent Forum, c/o Hampshire County Council,
Economy, Transport and Environment,
Elizabeth II Court West, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UD
Tel: 01962 846027, E-mail: info@solentforum.org
Website: www.solentforum.org

95. WAMM
Wholescape Approach to Marine Management
Regional Workshops
Framework For Collaborative Working
Amy Pryor

96. A Simple Spectrum of
Collaboration

97. Minimum effort/risk/reward
Might be a meeting, a regular call
or a simple exchange of data
Very little time spent together
e.g. agreeing to share data you
have about a common issue such
as litter survey data

98. Increasing effort/risk/reward
This could be a dedicated meeting or
call to discuss a particular issue.
Spending more time together
e.g. From our exchange of data, we’ve
noticed a gap in knowledge. Parties
agree to contact people in their
network to find data and agree to
share it.

99. Deepening relationships
This could be a series of dedicated
meetings or calls actions to deliver
key elements to co-deliver something
of common interest.
Spending regular dedicated time
together.
E.g. Now we’ve plugged the gap in
data, we need to convert this into a
GIS so we can interrogate it. We
agree to share existing resources to
do this together and share findings.

100. Maximum effort/risk/reward
This is where we enter the zone of co
design and could include co-location e.g.
working together in the same office for
slots of time regularly to work out
something gritty and understand each
others resources and resource needs.
Investing larger, regular time together to
realise an ambition.
E.g. Now we have our GIS, we can see
where the real gaps are. We agree to co-
create and co-deliver to get the info we
need including funding bids.

101. A Simple Spectrum of
Collaboration

102. The Rivers Trust Data & Evidence Team
Technical Support Tools

103. Data supports
collaborative
management at every
stage

104. Catchment Data User Group
(CDUG)
• Multi-sectoral interest group (established 2011)
• Co-chaired by The Rivers Trust and Environment
Agency
• Develop tools and support for evidence-based
collaborative catchment management
• Webinars & workshops
• Annual Catchment Data & Evidence Forum
https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/learn/catchment-
data-evidence-forum-2019/

105. More than 150 datasets from:
• Government agencies
• Government bodies
• Research & academia
• Citizen science
Visualisations & guidance to
help interpret complex datasets.
More than just open data!
Now communities can know as much as
government agencies about their catchment!
CaBA Data Package

106. • Partnerships can build on their
catchment evidence base:
• Monitoring & modelling
• Project activity
• Water company & corporate
• Local authority & planning
• Citizen science
• & more
• Focus on multiple benefits for all
stakeholders
• Identify shared priorities &
opportunities for blended finance
Now communities know more than government about
how their catchment actually works…
Empowering local decision-
making

107. What could be helpful for coastal
and estuarine issues?
 Collaborative Actions (e.g. WINEP,
Highways England, Countryside
Stewardship Priorities, Coal Authority)
 Strategic planning (e.g. Natural
Capital, Social Capital - Climate Just,
Multiple Index of Deprivation)
 Modelled outputs (e.g. SEPARATE,
NEAP-N, Manures Estimates)

108. https://data.catchmentbasedapproach.org

109. • Same structure as the desktop package
• ArcGIS online group - easier to search
for the curated CaBA data
• Improved licensing guidance – very
important for building trust with data
providers
• Links to request support from the CaBA
technical team
• Meta data and data previews
• Open data formats and API links
CaBA Open Data Portal

110. Coastal and Estuarine Data
Package
• 30+ new layers being published
• Available within the CaBA Online Data Package
• Coastal and Estuarine ArcGIS Online Group
• Data from MMO, EA, NE, RSPB, CEFAS, JNCC, Plantlife, National Trust
• Online Coastal Data Explorer (in development)

111. Coastal & Estuarine Datasets
Opportunities for collaboration
Habitat & Wildlife: (EA Restoration
Opportunity Maps; Marine Conservation
Zones; RSPB Sustainable shores habitat
creation opportunities; Important plant and
bird areas)
Recreation & Culture: (MMO Beach Activities
Model, Heritage Coasts; Coastal Path)
Economic: (Shellfish waters, Fisheries
spawning areas, Aquaculture data)

112. Coastal & Estuarine Datasets
Issues (WFD classification data, Seabed
Litter, Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, Bathing
Water Status, EA Trac Waters Fisheries Data)
Characteristics (Coastal Design Sea Levels,
Coastal Erosion Mapping; Saltmarsh Extents,
Coastal physiographic features, Seabed
habitats; Neptune coastline campaign)
Strategic Planning (Marine Plan Areas,
Shoreline Management Plan Areas)

113. Use the add data buttons to add layers to
your map. Search by category or all data
Coastal Data Explorer
https://bit.ly/2uB753q

114. Coastal Data Explorer

115. Coastal Data Explorer

116. Datasets filtered to highlight
coastal and estuarine issues
Coastal Data Explorer

117. • Use the select tool to highlight
records of interest
• Export to CSV
• Create new layer
• View in attribute table
Coastal Data Explorer

118. Data Package and GIS Support
Desktop GIS eLearning
ArcGIS Online Training
Data package webinar
Online support videos

119. Modelling Support and Training
SCIMAP FIO
Farmscoper
Ecosystem Services Mapping
• Training in model use
• Support with interpretation of
outputs
• Visualisation templates for
sharing outputs

120. Challenges & Choices
• Restoration potential maps
for saltmarsh, seagrass &
oyster restoration
• Published as part of
consultation & plans
• Promote local discussion

121. Questions and Suggestions
1. What is your current level of data & GIS experience?
2. What are your main coastal and estuarine data needs?
3. Any coastal or estuarine datasets that are missing which you would like
to see included? Do you have data you can share?
4. Would you be interested in a desktop version of the coastal data
package? If yes, what spatial scale do you associate with?

122. Data Sharing and Story Maps

123. Sharing Data and Evidence –
Partnership StoryMaps
• Create engaging online web-apps
combining text, interactive maps, and
other multimedia.
• Use off the shelf templates
• Host data once and re-use in many
ways = efficient data management
• ArcGIS Online £120 p.a. for charities
• Partnership Mapping Portal: one-stop
shop for sharing data & evidence

124. https://arcg.is/Tq5bC
Partnership Story Maps

125. Partnership Story Maps

126. Partnership Story Maps

127. Partnership Story Maps

128. Find out more about their action plan
prioritisation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
BvTJgwA-
8vI&feature=youtu.be&t=2706
Partnership Story Maps

129. Partnership Story Maps

130. Partnership Story Maps

131. Partnership Story Maps

132. Partnership Story Maps

133. Education Story Maps

134. Education Tools & GIS
Resources
• Story Maps used to create
themed education resources
• Data and online teaching
resources
• Teacher notes
• River Eden & Bristol Avon
• Templates can be adapted
for other areas
https://edenriverstrust.org.uk/secondary
-schools/

135. Story Map Gallery https://bit.ly/2PpWhMU

136. Questions and Suggestions
1. Are you interested in learning more about Story Maps and partnership
sharing portals?

137. Monitoring and Citizen Science

138. Surveying and Monitoring
• Citizen science guide (H&S,
equipment, apps, case studies)
• Monitoring planner and guidance
• Technical water quality data
analysis training
• CaBA Monitoring Working Group

139. Outfall Safari
• Outfall ‘safari’ method developed by ZSL
• Supported Trent RT
• Developed mobile app for data capture
• Training volunteers and tech support
• Mapped and reported results to water
company and Environment Agency
• Templates now available for others
bit.ly/outfallsafari

140. Plastics Hub
• Creating an online hub for
collating data on plastics
collected during litter picks
• Using live dashboards to
analyse and visualise results
• Example: http://plastic-free-
new-zealand-
eaglegis.hub.arcgis.com/

141. NFM Monitoring Tool

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144. Contact Us
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145. WAMM – London Workshop
Wholescale Approach to Marine
Management
Policy, Legislation and the
Regulatory Framework
Rob Collins and Amy Pryor

146. 25 Year Environment Plan
• Thriving Plants & Wildlife
• reversing the loss of marine
biodiversity and, where
practicable, restoring it
• increasing the proportion of
protected and well-managed
seas, and better managing
existing protected sites
• making sure populations of key
species are sustainable with
appropriate age structures
• ensuring seafloor habitats are
productive and sufficiently
extensive to support healthy,
sustainable ecosystems

147. Water
Framework
Directive
• One nautical mile – Links
catchment to TRaC Waters
• Physico-chemical,
ecological parameters
• Priority substances, specific
pollutants
• Integration with the 11
descriptors of the MSFD
• 3rd cycle RBMPs - soon

148. Sensitive/Protected Area Designations
(Under WFD)
• Sensitive Areas at risk of eutrophication – No coastal
waters designated in the Thames RBD. Nor as Nitrate
Vulnerable Zones (NVZs).
• 3 Estuarine/coastal waters designated as NVZs in
South East RBD; 7 as sensitive under UWWTD
• 1 shell fishing water may not comply – Thames RBD.
Several in South East RBD not achieving objectives
• Check the Catchment Data Explorer for latest
classifications;
https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/

149. Marine Strategy
Framework
Directive
• 11 Descriptors
• Linkage to land-based pollution
sources
 Eutrophication
 Contaminants – toxic,
persistent and liable to
bioaccumulate
 Marine Litter
• Criteria & Standards to quantify
the Descriptors

150. Bathing
Waters
Directive
Microbial water
quality
Rural and Urban
Sources

151. Capture Local Data
• Spatial and temporal
limitations of regulatory
datasets
• Additional, locally derived
data can provide a weight of
evidence

152. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
• European Marine Sites: Special
Areas of Conservation (SACs)
and Special Protection Areas
(SPAs);
• Marine Conservation Zones
(MCZs)
• Sites of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSIs)/Areas of
Special Scientific Interest
(ASSIs);
• Marine Components of Ramsar
sites;
• Marine Nature Reserves
(MNRs)
Combined these make up a
network of inshore and offshore
MPAs in UK waters

153. Fisheries
• Inshore Fisheries and
Conservation Authorities
• Byelaws – e.g. oysters, fish
nursery areas
• Shellfish Waters Directive
– Shellfish water protected
areas are areas designated
for the protection of shellfish
growth and production. Good
water quality is important for
the production of high quality
shellfish.

154. Marine Plans
• Marine planning under
MCAA
• Seeks to replicate the
planning process on land
and integrate with it
• Applies to all tidal waters
including tidal limits of
urban estuaries
• Applies to any activity
within a certain distance of
the marine plan area

155. Thanks

156. WAMM
Wholescape Approach to Marine Management
Regional Workshops
Introduction to the WAMM
Roadmap
Natasha Bradshaw

158. Wholescape thinking… Natural Capital Initiative Task Force, 2015-18
Natural Capital without boundaries: integrating the management of catchment, coast and the sea through partnership
Task Group
Wholescape approach workshop reports and papers 2015-2018 supported by the Natural Capital Initiative:
Ed Maltby (Liverpool University/Devon Maritime Forum); Alistair Maltby (The Rivers Trust);
Mike Acreman (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology); Natasha Bradshaw (UWE Bristol & Coastal Partnerships Network).
Maltby (2009)

159. Framework for Collaborative Delivery
Review of Coastal and Catchment Based (CaBA) Partnerships* [*TrAC relevant]
Aim: Improve understanding of capacity, expertise, areas of focus, barriers to and
opportunities for delivery, nature of working, governance arrangements, opportunities and
challenges to working together.
Objective: to help shape an improved model for partnership working within and
between Coastal Partnerships (CPs) and CaBA for the long-term.
Method:
• CaBA annual reporting data (2018 & 2019)
• CPN survey data (2018) and review (2019-20)
• Interviews
– Morecambay Pilot 1-1s
– Regional workshop ‘couples’
– National perspectives: Estuaries & Coasts Working Group
• Interactive sessions at regional workshops.
Output: ‘Roadmap for collaborative delivery in the coastal and estuarine environment’
will provide a longer-term legacy for the project, providing a roadmap for integrated
delivery.

160. Catchment ‘CaBA’ Partnerships
Source: https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/get-involved/ (accessed 12/11/2019)

161. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Catchment Partnerships with
coastal/estuarine components
Catchment Partnerships
without coastal/estuarine
components
56
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
SolwayTweed
Northumbria
NorthWest
Humber
Dee
Severn
Anglian
Thames
SouthWest
SouthEast
Catchment Partnerships with
coastal/estuarine components
Catchment Partnerships without
coastal/estuarine components
Catchment ‘CaBA’ Partnerships with/without
coastal/estuary components by RBD
6 98
37
SE England
23 CaBA Partnerships with
coastal/estuary components
across 3 River Basin Districts

162. CaBA Partnerships - evolution

163. Coastal Partnerships - evolution

164. Coastal Partnerships
Coastal Partnerships Network, December 2019
CPN (2019)

165. Coastal and Marine Partnerships
Bradshaw (2018) updating
Stojanovic & Barker (2008)
MMO (2014)

166. Coastal Partnerships – South East
Norfolk Coast Partnership (26)
The Wash and North Norfolk Marine Partnership (51)
Alde and Ore Estuary Partnership (1)
Bawdsey Coastal Partnership (3)
Deben Estuary Partnership (9)
Stour & Orwell Estuaries Management Group (40)
Essex Coastal Forum (15)
Thames Estuary Partnership (48)
Medway Swale Estuary Partnership (23)
Thanet Coast NE Kent Marine Protected Area (49)
White Cliffs Countryside Partnership (52)
Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership (31)
Chichester Harbour Conservancy (5)
Solent Forum (37)
Hamble Estuary Partnership (19)
Isle of Wight Estuaries Project (22)
http://www.coastalpartnershipsnetwork.org.uk/south-east

167. CaBA/Catchment Partnerships – South East
Sections of coast:
North Norfolk
Broadland Rivers
East Suffolk
Combined Essex
Your Tidal Thames
North Kent
East Kent
Rother
Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels
Adur & Ouse
Arun & Western Streams
East Hampshire
Test & Itchen
New Forest
Isle of Wight
https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/

169. Bridging the gap in the overlap for estuaries and coasts
Terrestrial
Plans
National
Planning Policy
Framework
Local
Development
Framework
Marine
Plans
Marine Policy
Statement
Coastal/Estuary
Partnerships
W
F
D
M
S
F
D
Catchment
Partnerships
Umbrella: CaBA
Co-ordination & hosts:
EA, Rivers Trusts, Wildlife Trusts &
others
Coastal Partnerships
Umbrella: CPN
Co-ordination & hosts:
Coastal Partnerships, Local Authorities,
Universities & others
SMP
Coastal
Groups
Regional
Flood &
Coastal
Committees
Inshore Fisheries
& Conservation
Authorities
Local Nature
Partnership
Local
Enterprise
Partnership
Marine
Protected
Areas
Issue-focused
networks/partnerships
Bradshaw et.al. 2020 (Maltby 2009)
Terrestrial & Marine
Plans are statutory
CaPs and CoPs are
non-statutory but
support statutory
requirements
e.g. WFD & MSFD

170. Framework for Collaborative Delivery
Review of Coastal and Catchment Based (CaBA) Partnerships* [*TrAC relevant]
Aim:Improve understanding of capacity, expertise, areas of focus, barriers to and
opportunities for delivery, nature of working, governance arrangements, opportunities and
challenges to working together.
Objective: to help shape an improved model for partnership working within and
between Coastal Partnerships (CPs) and CaBA for the long-term.
Method:
• CaBA annual reporting data (2018 & 2019)
• CPN survey data (2018) and review (2019-20)
• Interviews
– Morecambay Pilot 1-1s
– Regional workshop ‘couples’
– National perspectives: Estuaries & Coasts Working Group
• Interactive sessions at regional workshops.
Output: ‘Roadmap for collaborative delivery in the coastal and estuarine environment’
will provide a longer-term legacy for the project, providing a roadmap for integrated
delivery.

171. Framework for Collaborative Delivery
Review of Coastal and Catchment Based (CaBA) Partnerships* [*TrAC relevant]
Aim: Improve understanding of their capacity, expertise, areas of focus, barriers to and
opportunities for delivery, nature of working, governance arrangements, opportunities and
challenges to working together.
Objective: to help shape an improved model for partnership working within and
between Coastal Partnerships (CPs) and CaBA for the long-term.
Method:
• CaBA annual reporting data (2018 & 2019)
• CPN survey data (2018) and review (2019-20)
• Interviews
– Morecambay Pilot 1-1s
– Regional workshop ‘couples’
– National perspectives: Estuaries & Coasts Working Group
• Interactive sessions at regional workshops.
Output: ‘Roadmap for collaborative delivery in the coastal and estuarine environment’
will provide a longer-term legacy for the project, providing a roadmap for integrated
delivery.

172. Roadmap for Collaborative Delivery
Current Status of Collaborative Effort
• National CaBA & CPN Survey Data
• Regional Insights
Collaborative Evolution
Improved model for collaborative
working between Catchment and
Coastal Partnerships, addressing:
• Capacity
• Expertise
• Areas of focus/issues
• Barriers and challenges to delivery
• Opportunities for delivery
• Nature of working
• Governance arrangements &
leadership.
Image sources: (accesed 23.01.2020)
https://www.mindtheproduct.com/escape-from-the-feature-roadmap-to-outcome-driven-development/:
https://www.usertesting.com/blog/agile-product-roadmap/

173. Spectrum of Collaboration
Challenges, Barriers and Opportunities
Capacity
Expertise
Areas of focus/issues
Nature of working
Governance arrangements & leadership.
Source: Richard Harris 3KQ (January 2020)

174. Regional Workshops – Interactive Session
Spectrum of Collaboration
Breakout Session

175. Four Questions in 40 minutes
Q1: Where on the collaboration spectrum does your
Catchment/Coastal Partnership currently work most
commonly with others?
Q2: What are the main challenges and barriers to
collaborative working in your experience?
Q3: Can you suggest opportunities to improve collaborative
working anywhere in the spectrum?
Q4: Is there a particular topic/task/project that you would
like to see happen (or be considered with partners etc.)
in the co-design/co-deliver part of the spectrum?

176. Spectrum of Collaboration
Breakout Session
Q1: Where on the spectrum does your
Catchment/Coastal Partnership currently work most
commonly with others?

177. Spectrum of Collaboration
Breakout Session
Q2: What are the main challenges and barriers to
collaborative working in your experience?
Some prompts:
Capacity
Expertise
Areas of focus/issues
Nature of working
Governance arrangements & leadership.

178. Spectrum of Collaboration
Breakout Session
Q3: Can you suggest opportunities to improve
collaborative working anywhere in the spectrum?
Some prompts:
Capacity
Expertise
Areas of focus/issues
Nature of working
Governance arrangements & leadership.

179. Spectrum of Collaboration
Breakout Session
Q4: Is there a particular topic/task/project that you
would like to see happen
(or be considered with partners etc.)
in the co-design/co-deliver
part of the spectrum?
Some prompts:
Capacity
Expertise
Areas of focus/issues
Nature of working
Governance arrangements & leadership.

180. Summary
Q1: Where on the collaboration spectrum does your
Catchment/Coastal Partnership currently work most
commonly with others?
Q2: What are the main challenges and barriers to collaborative
working in your experience?
Q3: Can you suggest opportunities to improve collaborative
working anywhere in the spectrum?
Q4: Is there a particular topic/task/project that you would like to
see happen (or be considered with partners etc.) in the co-
design/co-deliver part of the spectrum?
Some prompts:
Capacity
Expertise
Areas of focus/issues
Nature of working
Governance arrangements & leadership.

181. WAMM Project Support

182. 182
What support is available?
1. Webinars
2. Workshops
3. 1:1 support (limited)
4. Networking & sharing experience
What support is
available?

183. 183
What are your priorities for support?
(Select up to 3 answers)
A. Partnership development and governance
B. Developing collaborative wholescape plans
C. Policy and legislative issues
D. Bid writing and funding
E. Technical data and evidence support
F. Networking and information sharing with other partnerships

184. 184
What are the priority issues for your
partnership (in coastal/estuarine waters)?
(Select up to 3 answers)
A. Nutrients
B. Sediment
C. Plastics
D. Fisheries and barriers
E. Road runoff
F. Climate change
G. Habitat restoration
H. Other

185. 185
What technical support would be most
helpful?
(Select up to 3 answers)
A. Coastal data package support
B. Evidence based wholescape planning
C. ArcGIS Online & StoryMaps
D. Citizen Science and monitoring
E. Outfall safari training
F. Other

186. 186
What would be your top priority for
improving collaboration between
catchment and coast to support the
wholescape approach? (Select 1 answer)A. Increasing capacity
B. Increasing expertise
C. Identifying areas of focus/joint issues
D. Nature of working
E. Governance arrangements and leadership

187. 187
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