JNCC Maritime Wildlife Guidance

JNCC maritime wildlife guidance is conservation advice from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the statutory nature-conservation adviser for the UK offshore marine environment beyond 12 nautical miles to the edge of the continental shelf. JNCC advises on designating and managing offshore Marine Protected Areas under the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Its guidance shapes seismic-survey marine-mammal mitigation and vessel-operation rules in sensitive habitats that operators and crews must follow.