Useful Web Links

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS) - www.acops.org
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas - www.ascobans.org

Bonn Agreement - www.bonnagreement.org

Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) - www.cefas.co.uk
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) - www.ccw.gov.uk - Cyngor Cefn Gwlan Cymru

Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Oil and Gas Directorate - now DECC Oil and Gas
Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) - www.decc.gov.uk
Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) - Oil and Gas Directorate - www.og.berr.gov.uk
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - www.defra.gov.uk
Department of the Environment (DOE) Northern Ireland - www.doeni.gov.uk
Department of Trade and Industry Oil and Gas Directorate (DTI) - see DECC Oil and Gas
DECC UK Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment - www.offshoresea.org/sea

EEMS Home Page (Learn-IT) - www.eems-database.co.uk
English Nature - see Natural England
Environment Agency (EA) - www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) Northern Ireland - www.ehsni.gov.uk
European Union (EU) - europa.eu.int

Fisheries Research Services (FRS) - www.marlab.ac.uk

Her Majesties Stationery Office (HMSO) - www.hmso.gov.uk

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) - www.iema.net
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) - www.ogp.org.uk
International Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) - www.ices.dk
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) - www.imo.org
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) - www.ipieca.org
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) - www.itopf.com
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) - www.intertanko.com

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - www.jncc.gov.uk

London Dumping Convention (IMO) - www.londonconvention.org

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) - www.mcga.gov.uk

Natural England - www.naturalengland.org.uk
Northern Ireland Assembly (Legislation) - www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk
North Sea Commission - www.northsea.org

Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme (OCNS) - www.cefas.co.uk/ocns/index.htm
Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) - www.ocimf.com
Oil & Gas UK - www.ukooa.co.uk
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - www.oecd.org
Oslo and Paris Commission (OSPAR) - www.ospar.org

Petroleum Operation Notices (PONs) - www.og.dti.gov.uk/regulation/pons/index.htm

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - www.ramsar.org
Rio Convention on Biological Diversity - www.biodiv.org

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) - www.sepa.org.uk
Scottish Executive - see Scottish Government
Scottish Government - www.scotland.gov.uk
Scottish Government (Legislation) - www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) - www.snh.org.uk

United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) - see Oil & Gas UK
United Kingdom Parliament - www.parliament.uk
United Kingdom Parliament (Legislation) - www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk
United Nations (UN) - www.un.org
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - www.unece.org
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - www.unep.org
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - unfccc.int

Welsh Assembly - www.wales.gov.uk - Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
Welsh Assembly (Legislation) - www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk