Adam Symons, Prospective MP for Torridge, Welcomes Lundy Marine Conservation Zone
By Moving Pictures | Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 10:47
Lib Dem Prospective
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Hello!
MP for Torridge and West Devon, Adam Symons, has warmly welcomed the
designation of the sea around Lundy
Island as a Marine
Conservation Zone (MCZ).
The protection zone around
Lundy will help to preserve important habitats and species, and is the first
area around the British Isles coast to be
designated.
The zone will
restrict damaging activities, together with the No Take Zone where fishing is
banned.
Adam Symons said: “Lundy’s
waters are home to a wide range of marine life including lobsters, corals and
seals. We visited the island in 2008 to see how the No Take Zone was working. I
am delighted that the seas around Lundy have been given further protection. It
is a unique place, and a significant attraction to our local economy.”
Comments
Yes - From the Lundy No Take Zone website tinyurl.com/ycwd87d
An NTZ is a form of Marine Protected Area (MPA) where fishing and other activities
that result in the killing or remove marine life are prohibited. NTZs are primarily directed
at commercial fishing, but they also apply to recreational activities like sea-angling,
spear-fishing, or other forms of harvesting like Scuba diving for scallops. In some popular
places, recreational fishing can be as big a threat to marine life as commercial fishing.
In some circumstances NTZ may be set-up and regulated by voluntary agreement
among the people who use an area and have an interest in its protection. In other
places, as at Lundy, NTZ are mandated by law and enforced by Fisheries Authorities.
NTZ form part of the existing suite of statutory and voluntary Maritime Protected Areas
(Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Marine Nature Reserves, Special Protection Areas
and Special Areas of Conservation) that are in essence, sustainable multi-use sites.
These are areas where uses and activities continue unless proof can be given of significant risk or detrimental effects to particular habitats and species.
By Sandy_Bottom at 17:32 on 14/01/10
ReportDOES THIS BAN INCLUDE ROD FISHING. AND WHAT ABOUT SHRIMPING OR PRAWNING AROUND THE COAST WITH HAND NETS, A POPULAR PASTIME FOR LOCALS.
WHAT DOES NO TAKE REALLY MEAN IN THIS CONTEXT.
By davesgardense at 16:44 on 14/01/10
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