Balanced Seas is one of four regional projects in England that will work with sea users and interest groups to identify and recommend Marine Conservation Zones to Government. It is a partnership project with the University of Kent, Kent County Council, Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Balanced Seas covers inshore and offshore UK waters of the Eastern Channel and adjacent areas. It extends from just north of the Suffolk/Essex border, to the Hampshire/Dorset border in the south-west, and includes the Thames Estuary and the Solent.
The other projects cover the south-west (Finding Sanctuary), Irish Sea (Irish Sea Conservation Zones) and North Sea (Net Gain).