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<p>The Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) is the most comprehensive information source
available on whales and porpoises in the UK. Information from the JCP is used to inform
assessments of the effects of offshore windfarms on marine mammals. The information
was also used to help assess the status of marine mammals as set out in the UK’s Marine
Strategy Part One in 2012.</p><p>The assessment brought together a significant body
of information on the distribution, abundance, trends, and status of whales, porpoises,
and seals in UK waters, and a consideration of the pressures they face, including
from renewable energy development. The Marine Strategy Part One concluded that the
status for the five most abundant cetacean species in UK waters was ‘favourable’.
Seals face a number of pressures in the UK, although where localised declines have
been identified these have not been attributed to offshore wind farms. Further information
can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status</a>.</p>
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