Jonathan Shaw said, 'Our seas are important. We use the seas for many resources on which jobs and livelihoods depend. Damage to marine life, habitats and ecosystems has serious knock-on effects for all of us, so protecting our marine environment is a high priority.

This joint statement between industry and environmentalists is a great example of how we can all work together to get the Marine Bill right and ensure clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas for future generations.'

Peter Barham added, 'Only by industry and environmentalists working together, by formulating an integrated approach to planning, can we hope to safeguard the sustainable future of the seas. At ABP, we have recognised this fact for many years, as evidenced, for example, by our conservation work with Natural England on the Humber, and I am delighted to have been involved in the formulation of SUDG and Link’s joint statement.'.