• Minimising the demand for primary aggregates.
• Promoting environmentally friendly extraction and transport.
• Reducing the effect of local aggregate extraction.

Defra and Cefas, together, contribute to the delivery of the ALSF objectives in the following ways:

Marine ALSF Steering Group

The Defra chaired Marine ALSF Steering Group agrees the strategic direction of marine projects funded by the ALSF and ensures that they meet with the ALSF objectives. The Marine Stewardship Report 'Safeguarding our Seas' published in 2002 describes how the integrated management of human activities underpins the safeguarding of the marine environment. The Marine ALSF Steering Group oversees the direction of the MEPF and develops the commissioning strategy for research and dissemination activities. The following MEPF governance as Marine ALSF delivery partner is now available. MEPF "How we Operate".

Funds are only available for work covering the main aim of the Marine ALSF programme, which is to promote environmentally friendly aggregate extraction in the marine environment in England or in English waters

Current opportunities

The Marine ALSF Steering Group now wishes to invite tenders for the following project area:

A12 - Indicators of Change Review Report / Monograph

Tender details, Instructions and Tender Form are available under downloads "Current Tender Documentation"

Future calls

The Marine ALSF Steering Group expects the July 2010 call to be the final invite to tender in Round 3 of the Marine ALSF programme 

Funding News

To receive funding news please e-mail secretariat@alsf-mepf.org.uk, with your name, company and address.

The ALSF-MEPF bursary scheme supports students studying on relevant MSc programmes at UK universities. Bursary recipients will receive an insight into marine aggregate extraction research through induction training sessions and opportunities to meet scientists undertaking the latest research. In turn, students are required to complete final projects relevant to the marine ALSF aims, with mentoring assistance from a scientist working in the appropriate field.

If you would like further information about the projects, please email:Lara.Murphy@museumwales.ac.uk 

The following students received bursaries during the year:

2009/10 - To be announced

2008/09

• Harriet Condie
• Christina Dukes
• Theo Gauseen - Survey Blog
• Ross Griffin
• Stacey Mayer
• Fiona Miller

2007/08 - Students abstracts of final projects

• Sarah Harper
• Siddhi Joshi
• Louisa Morman
• Ross Walker

Current Tender Documentation

Dissemination Statement

MALSF material (excluding the logos) may be reproduced in any format or medium providing it is not used for commercial development of a product that can then be sold on for profit.  It may only be re-used accurately and not in a misleading context. 

The MALSF Steering Group will decide on timing and publishing of any MALSF funded outputs (including data sets), which will be subject to a peer-review process** before being made publicly available.

Any reproduction must include acknowledgement of the source of the material (MALSF) and the title of the source publication.  All MALSF material is Crown copyright and must be acknowledged as such.   Where Third Party copyright has been identified, further use of that material requires permission from the copyright holders concerned.

Disclaimer

The data are provided "as is" and in no event shall the MALSF or any of its affiliated members, including Cefas (as MALSF delivery partner operating under the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, any disruption, damage and/or loss to your data or computer system that may occur while using the sites below or the data. The MALSF makes no warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose; nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any data, information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed; nor represents that its use would not infringe the rights of any third party.

Further information

The Marine ALSF is currently managed by 2 delivery partners:

MEPF final reports for completed projects and MALSF publications are available for download from the MEPF website (www.alsf-mepf.org.uk).

MEPF REC data sets (see above **) can be obtained via the online web portal at www.marinealsf.org.uk.  It is the current intention of the MALSF that the long-term aim will be to migrate these data sets to the Data Archive Centres (DACs) within the MEDIN network. 

For more information on English Heritage managed MALSF projects, please visit www.english-heritage.org.uk.