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BMAPA and Crown Estate Release Second Set of Aggregates Zoning Details
01 Aug 2003
As part of what they call their 'ongoing commitment to responsible management through continual development, ' the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have released the second set of zoning information for 2003. This confirms their guarantee to provide more detailed information on the zoning of marine aggregate licence areas located around the coastline of England and Wales.
Since 1999, they have been working under a joint statement of intent entitled The Area Involved'. They have produced a series of annual reports detailing the area of seabed licensed, the fourth of which was issued in 2002.
Whilst information on zoning arrangements is widely circulated by individual operators, discussions with the fishing industry identified the need for clear and up-to-date regional overview.
The bi-annual series of charts have been produced to define the current active dredge area for eight separate regions.
On the reverse of each are the associated co-ordinates for each licence area together with contact details for the operating companies.
The first issue of the active dredge area charts (dated 30 June 2003) is available to be downloaded from the websites of both BMAPA (www. bmapa. org) and The Crown Estate (www.
crownestate. co. uk), and copies will also be distributed via the established dredging liaison committees on the South and East coast.
The charts will be updated biannually with the second issue due at the beginning of January 2004.
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