Notification and Background Information
Authorisation Implementation
The proposed aquaculture variations (Variations 1 and 1A) to the PMEP include the use of authorisations to allocate space in AMAs.
The proposed aquaculture variations (Variations 1 and 1A) to the PMEP include the use of authorisations to allocate space in AMAs. The following information outlines how Council proposes to implement the authorisations.
Background Information
The guidance documents provide the reasoning behind the variations, how they relate to other national aquaculture issues, and how they fit with the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan.
The guidance documents provide the reasoning behind the variations, how they relate to other national aquaculture issues, and how they fit with the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan.
Provision for aquaculture was previously removed from the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan prior to notification of the substantive portion of the plan with the intention of further reviewing the content. The Recommendations of the Marlborough Aquaculture Review Working Group' document is a result of the subsequent review.
The report and recommendations from the Marlborough Sounds Salmon Farm Relocation Advisory Panel for the relocation of salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds is available via the Ministry for Primary Industries website.
Section 32 Reports
The Section 32 Reports considered and assessed the form, content and appropriateness of each variation.
Variation Provisions
The Variation 1 document provides a suite of provisions for aquaculture activities being proposed. Variation 1A provides additional provisions specifically for finfish farming.
The Variation 1 document provides a suite of provisions for aquaculture activities being proposed for inclusion in the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan. Variation 1A provides additional provisions specifically for finfish farming.
Mapping will take you to an interactive map showing Coastal Marine Units (CMU). Zooming in on these units provide further detail in the form of Aquaculture Marine Areas (AMA), Finfish Aquaculture Marine Areas (FAMA), Aquaculture Settlement Areas (ASA) and specific marine farms.
Go to the marine farms interactive map
Update: The originally notified proposed Map 14 contained an error in that it depicted two new aquaculture management areas in Onapua Bay, Tory Channel (Coastal Management Unit 31). These sites are subject to a separate variation process that is yet to be approved by the Council for notification. Consultation with respect to these potential sites is ongoing. Proposed Map 14 was replaced with an updated version on 7 December 2020 in the following schedule of changes documents.
