PISCES - the coastal partnerships in the North West, working together



			About the PISCES Partners PISCES (Partnership of Irish Sea Coast and Estuary Strategies) is a grouping of ten coastal initiatives located on the coast of the North West Region. It includes the Dee Estuary and Mersey Basin Campaign; the Duddon Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Solway Firth, Sefton Coast and Ribble Estuary Partnerships; the Solway Rural Initiative, the Lake District National Park Coast and the Cumbria Marine Litter Project. PISCES' work is carried out through the Project Officers from the individual initiatives. PISCES' work is supported by a range of other organisations and groups active around the North West coast. COAST AND ESTUARY INITIATIVES IN PISCES Solway Firth Partnership Richard Jennings and Fiona Mackenzie Scottish National Heritage Carmont House, The Crichton Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4ZF tel. 01387 247010 fax. 01387 259247 sfp@snh.gov.uk www.abdn.ac.uk/sfp Solway Rural Initiative Brian Irving Kings Street, Aspatria, Cumbria, CA5 3ET tel. 016973 33055 fax. 016973 22621 staff@solwaycoast.co.uk www.solwaycoast.co.uk Cumbria Marine Litter Project Rachel Yanik Whitehaven Commercial Park Moresby Parks, Whitehaven Cumbria, CA28 8YD tel. 01946 65905 fax. 01946 852965 rachel.yanik@encams.org.uk www.copelandbc.gov.uk/CMLP/ Lake District National Park Authority Malcolm Guyatt, Maritime Ranger SW Area Depot, Wilson Park, Broughton in Furness Cumbria, LA20 6JL tel. 01229 716061 fax. 01229 716061 malcolmguyatt@lake-district.gov.uk www.lake-district.gov.uk Duddon Estuary Partnership Mike Smith Cumbria County Council Community, Economy & Environment County Offices, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RQ tel. 01539 773427 fax. 01539 773439 mike.smith@cumbriacc.gov.uk www.duddon-estuary.org.uk Morecambe Bay Partnership Susannah Bleakley and Michelle Waller 32 Market Place Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4TN tel. 01539 773447 fax. 01539 773446 info@morecambebay.org.uk www.morecambebay.org.uk Ribble Estuary Partnership Lesley Cryer c/o Blackburn WwTw Cuerdale Lane, Samlesbury Preston, Lancs, PR5 0UY tel. 01772 877122 (direct) 01772 877331 (sw) fax. 01772 877157 estuary@ribblesourcetosea.org.uk www.ribble-estuary.co.uk Sefton Coast Partnership Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Council Offices, Freshfield Road Formby, L37 3PG tel. 0151 934 2959 fax. 0151 9342955 john@seftoncoast.org.uk www.seftoncoast.org.uk Mersey Basin Campaign Mark Turner 28th Floor, Sunley Tower Piccadilly Plaza Manchester, M1 4BT tel. 0161 242 8200 fax. 0161 242 8201 m.turner@merseybasin.org.uk www.hope.ac.uk/ebs/merseystrategy/index.htm Dee Estuary Strategy Dee Estuary Strategy (contact: Jim Lester) Planning, Wirral MBC Westminster House, Hamilton Street Birkenhead CH41 5FN tel. 0151 647 7000 jimlester@wirral.gov.uk www.deeestuary.org.uk OTHER ACTIVE PISCES PARTNERS Cumbria County Council John Hetherington, Environmental Planning Manager Community, Economy & Environment County Offices, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RQ tel. 01539 773430 fax. 01539 773439 john.hetherington@cumbriacc.gov.uk www.cumbria.gov.uk English Nature Helen Johnston, European Marine Site Officer Juniper House, Murley Moss, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RL tel. 01539 792800 fax. 01539 792830 helen.johnston@english-nature.org.uk www.morecambebay.com Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Ceri Jones, Planning & Environment Vermount House, 375 Stanley Road Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3RY tel. 0151 934 3564 fax. 0151 934 3587 ceri@smbc-planning.u-net.com www.seftoncoast.org.uk Government Office North West Paul Webster GONW, Cunard House, Pier Head, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1QB tel. 0151 224 6360 or 6413 fax. 0151 224 6470 pwebster.gonw@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH STRONG LINKS TO PISCES North West Coastal Forum Caroline Thomas, Regional Planning Officer North West Regional Assembly Coops Building, Dorning Street Wigan, Lancs, WN1 1HT tel. 01942 776 726 fax. 01942 737 927 caroline.thomas@nwra.gov.uk Irish Sea Forum Duncan Shaw, Chair Oceanography Laboratories, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX tel. 0151 794 4089 fax. 0151 794 4099 d.f.shaw@liverpool.ac.uk www.liv.ac.uk/~isf1/isfhome.html Mersey Basin Campaign Amanda Wright, Research and Information Manager 28th floor, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza Manchester, M1 4BT tel. 0161 242 8200 fax. 0161 242 8201 business@merseybasin.org.uk www.merseybasin.org.uk Mersey Waterfront Regional Park Louise Hopkins, Chief Executive Cunard Building, Pier Head, Liverpool, L31 ET tel. 0151 237 3907 fax. 0151 227 2325 louise.hopkins@merseyside.org.uk ENCAMS Joanne Whittaker Elizabeth House, The Pier Wigan, Lancs, WN3 4EX tel. 01942 612600 fax. 01942 612601 north.west@encams.org www.encams.org.uk Liverpool Bay Coastal Group Tony Rhodes, Borough Engineer, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Town Hall, Bebington, Wirral, L63 7PT tel. 0151 643 7104 fax. 0151 647 6731 North West Coastal Group Ron Eckersley, Principal Engineer Lancaster City Council, Town Hall Morecambe, Lancs, LA4 5AF tel. 01524 582616 fax. 01524 582602 ron@cityeng.globalnet.co.uk
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