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Mike Robertson attended the annual Coastal Futures meeting in London on the 22^nd and 23^rd January 2014 at SOAS, University of London. MSS was also represented by Clare Greathead and Francis Neat who additionally gave a talk on the ecology of Rockall.

This conference sets out to bring together different sectors from within the UK and beyond,  to discuss important developments and concerns in the marine environment, to describe the actual changes that are taking place and to describe the developing programme of legislation and policy. To this end over 150 delegates from industry, local and central government and academia were present over the two days during which 35 talks were delivered. Topics included:

• ICZM and MSP Directive and Europe
• Developing Coastal Economies
• Coastal Partnerships
• Mapping Activites and Valuing Coastal Activities
• Climate Changes and Risk
• IPCC and Climate Change Adaptation
• Valuation in Practice
• Managed Realignment
• Biodiversity Offsetting
• Cumulative Effects
• Offshore Wind
• Wave and Tidal Renewables Environmental Impacts
• Evidence and MCZ’s
• State of the Oceans
• Marine Autonomous Systems
• Exploring our Deep Sea off Rockall
• MSFD
• Ocean Acidification
• Planktonic Systems – emerging trends
• Marine Spatial Planning – East and South Coast of England
• Reform of the Common Fishing Policy
• The Dogger Bank
• IFCA’s, VMS, MCZ’s
• Marine Conservation Zones

Article by Mike Robertson