Whitestrand Boat Hire recently met up with Finding Sanctuary to discuss our use of Salcombe estuary and the surrounding coastline, as part of a region-wide move to calculate where best to position Marine Conservation Zones.
We detailed where exactly Calypso goes to sea and how often it goes to sea each month, plus numbers of hire boats month by month and where most of them land, beach and anchor. We are keen to minimise our impact on the estuary, so it felt important we actively contributed to this process.
Finding Sanctuary will collate all of this information with similar mapping information from boat users from across the South West to advise the government which areas need to be more protected from intense boating and watersport activity.
You too can have your say!!! But Finding Sanctuary need to hear from you before July 2010, so you can email info@finding-sanctuary.org or call 01392 878328 to arrange a meeting with them. An interactive map is also available online where you can share your information www.mczmapping.org
Anyone from surfers and paddle boarders to RIB-owners and commercial fishermen can get involved.
Also, look out for Anna's article in Devon Life magazine this May for more about the Finding Sanctuary project.
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