Marine Act Campaign
With such a wealth of marine life inhabiting UK coastal waters, there has never been a more urgent need to protect our seas from threats such as overfishing and pollution. Yet, they are still not getting the protection they deserve.
Britain’s waters are currently governed by a confusing mix of often contradictory and ancient laws that threaten the very survival of creatures like dolphins, sharks and porpoises. To remedy the situation, WWF has been pushing for the introduction of a Marine Bill that would help protect the UK’s coastal waters and its wildlife under a single law.
The work of WWF and its supporters in lobbying their MPs was instrumental in achieving the publication of the Marine Bill White Paper in March 2007. The Government has since published a draft Marine Bill for Parliamentary scrutiny, and WWF is now working with MPs and peers to enhance the Bill and to ensure it achieves the best protection for UK waters. We are pushing for a full Marine Bill in the autumn, which can finally be enacted into UK law in 2009.
The work continues. Find out more about the WWF’s current Marine Bill work.
Thanks to all our campaigners for their work to date.