Meetings

Follow up work on Marine Protected Area management in Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

Meeting: 16/01/2020 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on The Welsh Government's progress on Marine Protected Area management

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Meeting: 10/10/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Consideration of the Committee's follow up report on the Welsh Government's progress on Marine Protected Area (MPA) management in Wales

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5.1 The Committee agreed the report subject to a few minor amendments.


Meeting: 06/06/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales - follow-up work: Evidence session 5

Gill Bell, Wales Environment Link

Emily Williams, Wales Environment Link

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4.1 The Committee received evidence from Gill Bell, Wales Environment Link; and Emily Williams, Wales Environment Link.

 

4.2 Emily Williams, Wales Environment Link agreed to provide further information on shellfish management including fixed quota allocations.


Meeting: 06/06/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales - follow-up work: Evidence session 4

Dr Mary Lewis, Marine and Coastal Policy and Planning Team Leader – Natural Resources Wales

Rhian Jardine, Head of Service for Marine – Natural Resources Wales

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3.1 The Committee received evidence from Dr Mary Lewis, Marine and Coastal Policy and Planning Team Leader, Natural Resources Wales; and Rhian Jardine, Head of Service for Marine, Natural Resources Wales.

 

3.2 NRW agreed to provide a paper on NRW management board discussion on the marine environment.

 


Meeting: 06/06/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales - follow-up work: Evidence session 3

Professor Lynda Warren, Emeritus Professor – Aberystwyth University

Alan Terry, Blue Marine Foundation

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2.1 The Committee received evidence from Professor Lynda Warren, Emeritus Professor, Aberystwyth University; and Alan Terry, Blue Marine Foundation.

 


Meeting: 22/05/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales - follow-up work: Evidence session 2

Sue Burton, SAC Officer – Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation

Jonathan Monk, Environmental Manager – Port of Milford Haven

Tegryn Jones, Chief Executive – Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

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The Committee took oral evidence from Sue Burton, Jonathan Monk and Tegryn Jones to inform its inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales.

 


Meeting: 22/05/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales - follow-up work: Evidence session 1

Professor Stephen Fletcher, Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy - University of Portsmouth

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The Committee took oral evidence from Professor Stephen Fletcher to inform its inquiry into Marine Protected Areas in Wales.

 


Meeting: 08/05/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Correspondence between the Chair and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs in relation to the Committee's follow-up inquiry on Marine Protected Area management in Wales

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Meeting: 20/03/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Correspondence from the Chair to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding Marine Protected Area management in Wales

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Meeting: 10/01/2019 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs regarding the Marine Protected Area Network Management Framework for Wales 2018-2023 and Action Plan 2018-2019

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Meeting: 26/09/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs: Marine Protected Area Network Management Framework for Wales 2018-2023 and Action Plan 2018-2019

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Meeting: 14/03/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)

Stakeholder workshop to discuss the Welsh Government's Draft Welsh National Marine Plan


Meeting: 01/02/2018 - Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 A presentation on the Draft Welsh National Marine Plan

Dr Sue Kidd, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool

Dr Steve Fletcher, Head of Strategic Development, UN Marine Programme

Professor Dickon Howell, Howell Marine Consulting

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Dr Sue Kidd, Dr Steve Fletcher and Professor Dickon Howell responded to questions from Members on the Draft Welsh National Marine Plan.