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The excessive complexity of national marine governance systems - Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009?

Boyes, Suzanne J.; Elliott, Michael

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Suzanne J. Boyes

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Professor Mike Elliott Mike.Elliott@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences/ Research Professor, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies



Abstract

With successive Government restructuring and the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act in 2009, this paper revisits a previous set of organograms created in 2006 indicating the government departments with responsibilities relating to the marine and coastal environment in England in 2014. The 2009 Act presented an opportunity to harmonise marine management by simplifying the complexity in England through a radical restructuring of marine governance; however this is apparently not the case with many overlapping responsibilities still existing. This paper provides an overview of the 2009 Act, discussing some of the significant changes like the creation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), examines the current structure of marine management in England following its enactment and highlights the continued overlaps in jurisdiction, responsibilities and complexity of the government agencies with a marine remit. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

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Boyes, S. J., & Elliott, M. (2015). The excessive complexity of national marine governance systems - Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009?. Marine Policy, 51(January), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.019

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 17, 2014
Online Publication Date Aug 15, 2014
Publication Date 2015-01
Deposit Date Dec 9, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Marine policy
Print ISSN 0308-597x
Electronic ISSN 1872-9460
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue January
Pages 57-65
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.019
Keywords Marine governance; Marine licensing; Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; Legislation; Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/382308
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X14001936
Additional Information Author's accepted manuscript of article article published in Marine Policy, 2015, v.51.

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