Planning Marine Conservation Zones
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Topic: Planning Marine Conservation Zones
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Subject: Planning Marine Conservation Zones
Date Posted: 26 Nov 09 at 4:21pm
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The Marine and Coastal Access Act introduces a new national
designation for marine protection - Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs). MCZs must
be identified and designated in the seas around England, to help create a
coherent network of marine protected areas by 2012. New Marine Conservation
Zones and existing designations including European Marine Sites, Marine Nature
Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, will make up the network of
marine protected areas.
No Marine Conservation Zones have been proposed yet but recreational boating is
one the activities that could be restricted in certain ways by MCZs. For
example, anchoring could be restricted within some areas in order to protect
certain habitats, or the use of personal watercraft could be restricted
seasonally in areas where sensitive wildlife occurs. Therefore it is important
that you know how you can influence these decisions now, before they have been
made.
Four projects have been set up around England to work with recreational boaters
and other sea users to decide where these zones should go and what level of
protection they should have. These projects are: Finding Sanctuary in the
south-west, Balanced Seas in the south-east, Net Gain for the North Sea and
Irish Sea Conservation Zones for the Irish Sea.
In the south-west, Finding Sanctuary has brought together leisure boaters,
divers, commercial fishermen, sea anglers, conservationists, scientists and
many other marine stakeholders on its Steering Group. Peter Bartlett, from the
Royal Yachting Association represents recreational boaters on the Steering
Group. The Steering Group is responsible for drawing the lines on maps –
deciding where MCZs should be placed and what level of protection they should
have. The level of protection given to each MCZ will be decided on a case by case
basis. The Steering Group will make its recommendations to Government in June
2011 and the final decision lies with the Ministers. Beth Henshall, Finding Sanctuary’s recreational boating liaison officer, has
recently begun collecting information from recreational boaters about which
areas they visit, so that we can create a map of recreational boating activity
around the south-west. Accurate information about where you visit in the region
is essential. This is the information that your representative on the Finding
Sanctuary Steering Group will use to stand up for your interests during the
negotiations, with the aim of minimising the impact of MCZs on your activity. Over the coming months Beth will be engaging as many recreational boaters as
possible across the region. As you can imagine, this is a big undertaking for
one person, so it has been necessary to start in one location and work
methodically along the coastline. Consequently, her work recently began in the
wider Plymouth area, and has started to move around the coastline towards the
Yealm, Salcombe and Dartmouth areas. Please be assured that all of the
coastline of the southwest will be covered, but it may be that the focus of
research does not reach your local area until the New Year. She is approaching
as many clubs, sea schools, training centres, charter companies, sailing
charities, marinas, mooring associations, boat yards, and dry storage locations
as possible, to let them know about the project, and ask them to inform their
customers/students/members. As well as direct engagement with leisure boaters,
over the coming months we will submit articles to key boating publications as
well as newsletters sent by marinas, yacht havens, dry storage, mooring
associations and estuary forums to make sure people know about how they can get
involved. If you are a recreational boater using the sea in the south-west, we are asking
you to share your information about which areas of sea are important to you. 1. Visit our
http://www.finding-sanctuary.org/page/webGIS - Interactive Map 2. Contact
Finding Sanctuary’s recreational boating liaison officer, Beth Henshall at mailto:beth.henshall@southwestfoodanddrink.com - beth.henshall@southwestfoodanddrink.com
who will meet with you and help you to map the areas which are important to
you. 3. Join us
at one of our drop in days around the south-west over the next few months for
more information, to ask questions or record the sea areas you use on our maps.
New dates and venues for drop in days are being added frequently and are
detailed on the http://finding-sanctuary.org/page/news - News
section of our website. We will try to check back here from time to time, but if you have
any questions, suggestions or concerns please get in touch with us directly. South-west http://www.finding-sanctuary.org - Finding
Sanctuary Email: mailto:info@finding-sanctuary.org/email - info@finding-sanctuary.org Tel: 01392 878 340 If you want to contact any of the other regional projects their
details are below. South-east http://www.balancedseas.org - Balanced Seas Email: mailto:balancedseas@kent.ac.uk/email - balancedseas@kent.ac.uk Tel: 01227 827 839 North Sea http://www.netgainmcz.org - Net Gain Email: mailto:info@yhsg.co.uk/email - info@yhsg.co.uk Tel: 01482 382 007 Irish Sea http://www.irishseaconservation.org.uk - Irish Sea
Conservation Zones Email: mailto:info@irishseaconservation.org.uk/email - info@irishseaconservation.org.uk |
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Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 26 Nov 09 at 4:25pm
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Finding Sanctuary:
Drop in day dates
Totnes Drop In Day Wednesday
2nd December 2009, 10am - 8pm The
Mansion, Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RP David
Murphy, Finding Sanctuary’s liaison officer for Devon said: “Marine
Conservations Zones (MCZs) are being introduced through the Marine and Coastal
Access Act and are coming soon. At Finding Sanctuary, we believe that the
people and groups that could be affected by the MCZs should be involved in
deciding where they are located and how they are managed. We are working on
behalf of everyone to achieve the best possible outcome for MCZs, both in terms
of conservation and people’s livelihoods and leisure interests. However, we can
only achieve this if sea users come and tell us what they think.” Successful Finding Sanctuary drop-in days have already been held at Looe, Padstow, Exmouth and Newlyn, with further drop-in days currently being planned for Falmouth, Plymouth, Bude, Weymouth and other towns in the south-west. To find out
more call Sarah McLintock on 01392 878 340/07544 590 294, email sarah.mclintock@southwestfoodanddrink.com
or visit our website at http://www.finding-sanctuary.org |
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 10:27am
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Have your say: More Finding Sanctuary drop-in days across the
south-west If you use the sea in the south-west, we want to hear from you. Come along to one of the Finding Sanctuary drop-in days to find out how new Marine Conservation Zones could affect you and how you can get involved. Dates for the new year are already being added, just come along at any time during the day. Weymouth Drop-in Day Monday 11th January 2010, 10am – 7pm The Gallery, Weymouth Library, Great George Street, Dorset, DT4 8NN Falmouth Drop-in Day Wednesday 27th January 2010, 10am - 8pm National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3QY A drop-in day in Plymouth is also being planned for January, details to follow soon. To find out more call Sarah McLintock on 01392 878 340/07544 590294, email her at sarah.mclintock@southwestfoodanddrink.com or look at our http://www.finding-sanctuary.org - website . |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 12:30pm
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Ye gods, another new qangocracy... and the websites, the one I looked is almost 100% stupid management jargon...
We're doomed I tell you: western civilisation will fall under a torrent of bureaucracy. |
Posted By: Skiffybob
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 12:41pm
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This Country's as bust as a bust thing with BUST written all over it, and yet they can't stop finding other ways to p*ss public money up the wall. That's it. I'm off to Nu Zilland ------------- 12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
Posted By: Skiffybob
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 4:52pm
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No such thing as free beer from Gordon. The money that Gordon spends, comes from us. I'd rather buy my own beer thanks. ------------- 12ft Skiff - Gordon Keeble and the Furry Fly-by AC - GBR271 - Whoosh B49 - Island Alchemy |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 5:22pm
And believe me, from someone who spends entirely too much of their life translating (sometimes I fear sarcastically) government type management consultant bull**** into whatever actually needs doing, any job with such a high quotient of said powerful fertiliser requires a very "special" mindset... |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 16 Dec 09 at 8:27pm
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If it is too short someone might read it and decide that it is unneccessary. Reading a longer proposal would get in the way of lunch, so gets waved through. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 05 Jan 10 at 3:28pm
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Finding Sanctuary are
running more drop-in days around the south-west to allow people who use the sea
in this region to come and find out more about Marine Conservation Zones. No
appointment needed, just come along to find out how MCZs could affect you and
how you can get involved by mapping the areas of sea you use. We have added another January drop-in day in Plymouth: Plymouth Drop-in Day Tuesday 19th January 2010, 10am - 8pm The Royal Western Yacht Club, Queen Anne's Battery, Plymouth, PL4 0TW To find out more call Sarah McLintock on 01392 878 340/07544 590294, email her at sarah.mclintock@southwestfoodanddrink.com or visit our www.finding-sanctuary.org - website . |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 06 Jan 10 at 1:25am
Great - can we have an MCZ all round the uk and then ban all chav scum on their jetskis - after all us sailors are definitely wildlife and more than a fair few are sensitive. |
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 16 Feb 10 at 5:45pm
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Have your say: More Finding Sanctuary drop-in days across the
south-west If you use the sea in the south-west, we want to hear from you. It is
your opportunity to speak to Finding Sanctuary staff about new http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-4525 - Marine
Conservation Zones , how they could affect you and how you can get
involved. Dates have been organised for February and March around the south
west, so come along at any time during the day to your nearest venue. |
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 04 Jun 10 at 4:49pm
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Afternoon all, If only Boating liaison Officer equated to cushty instead of living out of your car for 6months over winter whilst driving along the coast of the south west interviewing boaters and watersports enthusiasts. But that's by the by. Back to business, I'm actually writing to let you all know about a workshop Finding Sanctuary will be holding for recreational sea users on June 23rd in Exeter. This workshop will give recreational users the chance to meet their representatives on our Regional Steering Group to give them your thoughts and comments directly. There will also be the opportunity to be amongst the first see the data we have collected from boaters, divers, anglers and watersports users alike. For more information on the event and details of how to book your place take a look at the flyer attached, check out our http://www.finding-sanctuary.org/page/news/320 - website or contact meSarah McLintock: sarah@finding-sanctuary.org 01392 878 340 Sarah  |
Posted By: FindinSanctuary
Date Posted: 12 Aug 10 at 3:31pm
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Afternoon folks, Following on from our Recreational Workshop on June 23rd, we have now put the outputs from the workshop up on the website. Due to file size restrictions, they are split into several documents for download, but can all be found on the http://www.finding-sanctuary.org/page/resources.html - Resources page of the website under the general tab. The presentations given by the speakers on the day are also available for download from the website, along with the corresponding http://www.finding-sanctuary.org/page/news/354 - videos with a couple available on our http://www.youtube.com/user/findingsanctuary2010 - YouTube page. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone and everyone you
know. Please be aware that I don't always have time to check the forum regularly as I'm busy in the office processing the data people have been giving, so if you have an urgent question, please contact me via email or the number below. Sarah sarah@finding-sanctuary.org 01392 878 340 |