Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme

CSEMP provides a coordinated approach to environmental monitoring in the UK's coastal and estuarine areas. The programme fulfils the UK's commitment to European directives including its mandatory monitoring requirements under the Oslo and Paris Convention (OSPAR) Joint Assessment Monitoring Programme (JAMP).

The general aims of CSEMP are to

Detect long-term spatial and temporal trends in physical, biological and chemical variables at selected estuarine and coastal sites Support consistent standards in national and international monitoring programmes for marine environmental quality Establish appropriate protective regulatory measures Coordinate and optimise marine monitoring in the UK Provide a high quality chemical and biological data set from the UK’s marine environment