Formal Consultation - MMO management of anchoring activity impacts in Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area

Overview

Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is consulting on a proposed byelaw to prohibit anchoring activity to protect and allow full recovery of all species and habitats and associated ecosystem processes in Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA).

Questions to consider 

Please provide us with any information you feel could be significant to inform our decision on management. In particular we are interested in understanding the following:

1. Do you have information about the level or nature of mNLA (including anchoring activity) within Allonby Bay HPMA?
2. Do you agree or disagree with the proposed management measures? Please provide reasons for or against.
3. How will the proposed management measures affect you? Please provide supporting evidence if possible.
4. What other effects could the proposed management measures have? Please provide supporting evidence if possible.

There is also an opportunity to share further information which you can upload as a document.

Guidance 

Before providing any responses, please read the documentation below to familiarise yourself with the formal consultation process, the proposed byelaw and associated impact assessment, and Allonby Bay HPMA marine non-licensable activity (mNLA) assessment.

In your response, please reference any specific pages or paragraphs which your comments relate to. This will ensure any comments received are fully understood and of greatest value. 

It is possible to respond only to specific sections of the survey; you do not need to provide comments for every question. 

There is a function to save your draft response as you go so that you can return later to complete your response. Alternatively, we recommend writing up your response in a separate document and copying and pasting your response into the survey.