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Full Consultation Document Developing a Marine Nature Developing a Marine Nature Reserve for Ramsey Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Rheynn Chymmltaght, Bee as Eirinys Full Consultation Document December 2010 1 Summary Please note that a condensed version of this full technical consultation document is available and can be found at www.gov.im/consultations or a paper copy can be requested from DEFA. The Isle of Man Government has a commitment to establish the first Marine Nature Reserve in Manx waters in 2011 This consultation seeks the input of all marine users, interest groups and the wider public to develop an effective Marine Nature Reserve in Ramsey based on a proposal put forward by the Manx Fish Producers’ Organisation. A Marine Nature Reserve is a type of Marine Protected Area, an area of the sea protected from activities that impact on ecological features. Marine Nature Reserves can bring a wide range of benefits including increases in biodiversity and increases in numbers and size of marine animals and plants. The build up of marine life within Marine Nature Reserves can also benefit the wider ocean. Well-managed Marine Nature Reserves can also bring diverse social and economic benefits including increased tourism, recreation and educational opportunities. Since 2008 the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) has carried out extensive public consultation and awareness raising on Marine Nature Reserves, receiving a high level of support from groups and individuals. During Summer 2010 the Manx Fish Producers’ Organisation (MFPO), the main fishermen’s organisation on the Isle of Man, came forward with a proposal for permanently protecting part of Ramsey Bay as a Marine Nature Reserve for conservation. After detailed discussions using the scientific and fisheries information available for the site, a proposed Marine Nature Reserve boundary was agreed between DEFA and the MFPO. The site includes habitats of conservation value including maerl beds and eelgrass meadows in Ramsey Bay and an extensive horse mussel reef in the Ballacash Channel (see Map 1 on page 3 of this Summary). The Manx Fish Producers’ Organisation have proposed that the Conservation Zone of the Marine Nature Reserve should be closed to trawling and dredging for scallops and queenies. There are ongoing discussions on how the Fisheries Management Zone of the Marine Nature Reserve could be owned and managed by the MFPO as a scallop ranching area. The total area of the proposed Marine Nature Reserve is approximately 90km2. The area of the Conservation Zone is approximately 40km2 and the area of the Fisheries Management Area is approximately 50km2. 2 Additional management measures will be required to manage the area effectively which will be based on scientific information, knowledge of uses of the area and their impact on important features and additional local knowledge. We need the input of user groups to answer the following key questions (and additional questions which can be found in the main document): - What activities are you currently involved in within the Ramsey Bay area? - Do you support the designation of Ramsey Bay as a Marine Nature Reserve? - Which aspects of the proposal do you support? - Which aspects do you have concerns about? - Which activities do you think should continue throughout the proposed Marine Nature Reserve? - Which activities do you think might need to be restricted within the area? - Which parts of the proposed Marine Nature Reserve do you think need the highest level of protection? - Do you have any other relevant information that will help us make the best management decisions for the site? - Would you be interested in joining an advisory group for the Ramsey Marine Nature Reserve? The input of marine users and the wider public of Ramsey and the rest of the Isle of Man is essential to take this proposal forward successfully. With your help we can develop an effective Marine Nature Reserve which will protect marine biodiversity, safeguard marine habitats, support sustainable fisheries and enhance opportunities for tourism, recreation and education in Ramsey Bay. You can respond quickly and easily to this consultation using the Survey Monkey website: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KGNKWJB We can take you through the consultation questions in person or at one of our scheduled drop-in sessions to be held at Ramsey Town Hall on Saturday 15 January 2011 (10am to 5pm) and Tuesday 18 January 2pm-8pm). Please contact us to provide a more detailed response. For more information or to send in your consultation responses contact: Fiona Gell, Senior Marine Biodiversity Officer, Fisheries Directorate, Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John’s, Isle of Man IM4 3AS Tel: (01624) 695738 Email: [email protected] 3 Summary: The Proposed Boundary for the Ramsey Marine Nature Reserve Map 1: The area of Ramsey Bay which is proposed as a Marine Nature Reserve The hatched areas have been proposed by the Manx Fish Producers’ Organisation (MFPO) as a potential Marine Nature Reserve. The blue hatched area (on the left and top) is proposed as a Conservation Zone to be protected from all dredging and trawling for scallops or queenies. The brown cross hatched area (to the right) is proposed as a Fisheries Management Zone. The Ramsey Bay Area and the Ballacash Channel Area (to the north east of the Point of Ayre) had both previously been shortlisted as potential Marine Nature Reserve areas and both met OSPAR Commission scientific and socio-economic criteria for Marine Protected Areas (see Appendix 1 and Appendix 6). Ramsey Bay contains important eelgrass meadows and maerl beds and an extensive horse mussel reef is found in the Ballacash Channel (see Map 2 in the main document). International scientific recommendations and evidence from Marine Protected Areas elsewhere support the establishment of highly protected marine areas. Through this consultation process, DEFA would also like to identify potential highly protected core areas with the site. Highly protected areas are protected from all extraction of marine resources and from as many additional impacts as possible. The knowledge and support of all marine users and interest groups is required to identify these sites and to develop an effective management plan and byelaws for the proposed Ramsey Marine Nature Reserve. With the support of fishermen and the local community it is anticipated that the Marine Nature Reserve will be implemented in 2011. 4 1. Marine Nature Reserves Marine Nature Reserves are a form of Marine Protected Area (MPA), areas of the sea which are protected to some extent from human activities that could have a negative impact on the area. MPAs offer protection to marine species and habitats and their conservation benefits have been clearly demonstrated in scientific studies from around the world. Conservation benefits include increased numbers of species inside the protected area, increased numbers of individual animals and plants, larger sizes of animals with the area and therefore greater potential to produce more young. Marine animals and plants are able to move long distances, particularly in the early stages of their life when they often join the plankton as eggs and juveniles. The highly mobile nature of the marine environment and marine species means that increases inside an MPA can produce benefits in other areas. Protection also leads to the recovery of habitats which supports colonisation by more species and also re- colonisation by species that had previously disappeared. In addition to environmental benefits, in many instances MPAs have been demonstrated to have benefits to adjacent fisheries, and wider social, economic and community benefits by providing a focus for tourism, recreation and education. There are now over 5000 MPAs in the world and a number of international and regional agreements on targets for increasing the area of the sea which is protected. International targets include the World Summit on Sustainable Development target for a representative network of MPAs by 2012 to maintain the productivity and biodiversity of important and vulnerable marine and coastal areas. A key target for the Isle of Man is the OSPAR Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic goal for a representative network of MPAs by 2012. The Isle of Man signed up to the OSPAR Convention in 2004, joining all the jurisdictions with a North East Atlantic Coast to promote the sustainable management of the sea. Under the OSPAR Convention, a network of Marine Protected Areas should be established that will: “a. protect, conserve and restore species, habitats and ecological processes which have been adversely affected by human activities; b. prevent degradation of, and damage to, species, habitats and ecological processes, following the precautionary principle; c. protect and conserve areas that best represent the range of species, habitats and ecological processes in the maritime area.” (OSPAR Recommendation 2003/3 on a Network of Marine Protected Areas) 2. Marine Nature Reserves in the Isle of Man The Isle of Man has had legislation for Marine Nature Reserves since the Wildlife Act was introduced in 1990. The Wildlife Act states that: “(1) Where, in the case of any land covered (continuously or intermittently) by tidal waters of parts of the sea in or adjacent to the Island up to the seaward limits of territorial waters it appears to the Department expedient, on an application made by the Wildlife Committee
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