SOUTH COAST ANNOUNCED AS NEXT AREA FOR MARINE PLAN

[Member Removed]

Please see below the announcement on the next marine planning area made by the Marine Management Organisation earlier today.

 

 

Best wishes,

 

 

Neil.

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTH COAST ANNOUNCED AS NEXT AREA FOR MARINE PLANNING

 

 

THE Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today ( 1 Aug) announced that the coast and seas from Dover to the River Dart in Devon will be the second area in England to benefit from marine planning.

 

 

Marine plans will inform and guide marine users and regulators, managing the sustainable development of marine industries, such as wind farms, shipping, marine aggregates and fishing, alongside the need to conserve and protect marine species and habitats and recognise leisure uses too.

 

 

The marine economy is currently worth more than

[Coddy]

Having had a quick look on the suggested site, I would hope that they take a long hard look at the data that has been provided by the MCZ project by Balaced Sea and Finding Sanctuary before spending more taxpayers money to get similar results.

 

I am not usually sceptical but I am begining to think that by the time all these projects, ideas and initiatives get started it will be too late for our fish stocks and the state of our hobby.

 

Dave