• Fully implement a robust marine spatial plan for NI

• Develop an efficient system of Marine Spatial Planning – a statutory duty to designate an effective and an ecologically functioning network of Marine Protected Areas

• Establish of an independent Marine Management Organisation for Northern Ireland – to ensure cross–border integration and the application of the ecosystem approach to management

Members of the NI Marine Task Force are:

• Friends of the Earth NI;
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group;
• Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful;
• Marine Conservation Society;
• National Trust NI;
• Northern Ireland Environment Link;
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds NI;
• Shark Trust;
• Surfers Against Sewage;
• Ulster Wildlife;
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust; and
• WWF UK