Evaluation of Marine Management Organisation Marine Conservation Byelaws

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Defra awarded a contract to ICF Consulting Services Limited for a comprehensive plan to evaluate the impacts of marine conservation byelaw processes.

The project aimed to support the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in understanding the extent to which conservation, social, and economic objectives of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can be met through the byelaw process, developing a detailed monitoring and evaluation framework with indicators to assess evidence, uncertainties, legalities, governance, management, and stakeholder consultations, and providing key recommendations for the Marine Conservation Team (MCT) to consider these impacts in byelaw making.

The contract value was AUD 47,500.