Please note that our next Quarterly Meeting will be held at East Bedlington Community Centre, 16 & 17 Station Road, Bedlington Station NE22 7JN, on Monday 24th October 2022 at 1pm.
Agenda items include:-
IFCO Reports on activity in the district, Environmental Report and update on NIFCA research, surveys and projects and a presentation on behalf of the local Marine Nature Partnership.
If you would like to attend, please email nifca@nifca.gov.uk
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NIFCA has completed its response to the consultation and a copy can be seen here:-
NIFCA Lindisfarne HPMA Consultation response
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On the 9th and 13th of September 2022 Inshore Fisheries Officers seized a number of lobster pots from the rocks around Newbiggin point under section 264 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
These pots were set in contravention of NIFCA Byelaw 4 ‘Crustacea and Molluscs Permitting and Pot Limitation’.
If you wish to claim ownership of these pots or have any information about the setting of it, please contact the Northumberland Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority on 01670 797 676 or email nifca@nifca.gov.uk
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Defra will be hosting some upcoming focus groups to meet with stakeholders to discuss the proposed Lindisfarne HPMA. Here are the details about their events: –Â
Defra will be running both in-person events and online events, the details of which can be found below. The in-person events are open to all so please pass on details to anyone that might like to come. Due to considerable stakeholder interest in the candidate HPMA at Lindisfarne, Defra will now be running two (identical) in-person workshops to cater for the high numbers. The first will be held 2-4pm at The Hub in Seahouses. This will be followed by a second workshop 6.30-8.30pm at the Oasis Cafe on Lindisfarne, which Defra would like to prioritise for Holy Island based stakeholders as it is a small venue.Â
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Lindisfarne candidate HPMA – stakeholder events |
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Presentation and open forum |
Thursday 8 September 2 – 4pm |
The Hub, Seahouses Sports & Community Centre, Stone Close, Seahouses. NE68 7YL |
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Presentation and open forum |
Thursday 8 September 6:30pm – 8:30pm |
Oasis Cafe, Castlekirk Chare Ends, Holy Island TD15 2SE |
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Drop-in session |
Friday 9 September 9am – 3pm |
The Hub, Seahouses Sports & Community Centre, Stone Close, Seahouses. NE68 7YL |
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Focus group |
Tuesday 20 September 2pm – 4pm |
Alongside Defra’s consultation on candidate Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) and in person events, they will also be running online focus groups to discuss and gather evidence on stakeholder-specific uses and impacts. They would like to invite you to take part in an online session for Lindisfarne candidate HPMA on Tuesday 20 September 2pm – 4pm. Please use this link to join the meeting: Click here to join the meeting.Â
They will also be running separate online focus groups for each of the other candidate HPMAs and a non site-specific session during this week. If you would like to attend any of these meetings please contact hpma@defra.gov.uk for the Teams link.
The consultation will close on 28 September and a summary of consultation responses will be published in the months following this. The views and evidence gathered will inform the Secretary of State’s final decision as to which of the candidate sites to designate and their boundaries. Sites must be designated by 6 July 2023. Â
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NIFCA and Newcastle University will be at the Harbour Office (top floor), Seahouses on Monday 8th August from 10am-2pm to discuss the proposed HPMA pilot areas. Researchers from Newcastle University will be there too ready to interview anyone who would like to make statement about how the proposed HPMA will affect them (as part of a Rapid Impact Assessment Study, led by Dr Sarah Coulthard, Newcastle University).
Please stop by and chat to us if you have any questions or need assistance with responding to the Defra consultation:
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/hpma/consultation-on-highly-protected-marine-areas/