SH.21/20
The Board received
verbal update reports from those Members who attended the Harbour
Community Forums. The updates were
given as follows:
Salcombe Kingsbridge Estuary Conservation Forum
(SKECF)
The representative advised that a SKECF
meeting had been held recently and had been well
attended. Whilst there were no specific
issues raised for the Board, the Estuaries Officer had also been in
attendance and, at the discretion of the Chairman, he proceeded to
provide an update to this meeting.
During his update, the Estuaries Officer made particular reference
to concerns over nutrients from farmland entering the Estuary and
the increased numbers of Pacific oysters being found in dwarf
seagrass.
South Devon & Channel
Shellfishermen
The Board was informed that the first crab
sales had now entered Europe since the UK had left the European Union. In highlighting the difficulties that had been
experienced, the Board wished to thank the Council’s
Environmental Health Officers for their help and support that they
had given to the Shellfishermen.
Furthermore, the representative advised that
the China Shellfish market appeared to be particularly stable at
present.
Kingsbridge and Salcombe Marine Business
Forum
The representative
advised that boat selling businesses were experiencing a
significant increase in boat sales.
Kingsbridge Estuary Boat Club (KEBC)
The representative informed that he had
nothing to report to this meeting.
East
Portlemouth
The representative informed that he had
nothing to report to this meeting.