Coastal and Transitional
Last updated: 15 December 2009
The quality of coastal and tranistional waters can be viewed on the interactive web map
. Objectives for their improvement and protection can also be accessed there.
Read about how we classified coastal and transitional waters:
- Macroalgae - Reduced Species List - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 121Kb)
- Fish Classification Index - Transitional Waters (.PDF 144Kb)
- Angiosperms - Seagrass - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 101Kb)
- Benthic Invertebrates - Infaunal Quality Index - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 137Kb)
- Benthic Invertebrates - Imposex - Coastal Waters (.PDF 97Kb)
- Macroalgae - Macroalgal Blooming Tool - Transitional and Coastal Waters (.PDF 118Kb)
We have set objectives to deliver improvement in water quality and detailed what we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (.PDF 202Kb).
Read more about the programme of measures we will use to make these improvements to the water environment.