West Wales Marine Conservation News
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BSAC Wales SDCO
Jul 17, 2012, 5:38:48 PM7/17/12
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Dear all,
Please see following and take the requested actions to try and help
secure Skomer MNR as an HPMCZ.
Please do sign the e-petition here:
https://www.assemblywales.org/epetition-list-of-signatories.htm?pet_id=776
and send a response letter to the consultation - model letters at
weblink below to save you time.
And lastly please also cascade this request to as many as possible who
you think support improved protection for the Skomer MNR.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Blaise
Begin forwarded message:
From: West Wales Marine Conservation <web...@wwmc.org.uk>
Date: 17 July 2012 21:01:35 GMT+01:00
Subject: West Wales Marine Conservation News
Please act now to support Skomer MNR being designated as a highly
protected MCZ
Triggered in part by a truly poor consultation document and a badly
mishandled consultation process, a well organised and determined
opposition to the to HP MCZ proposal has developed.
The badly handled consultation has generated legitimate concerns, but
misleading and alarming disinformation spread by a combination of
fishing interests and people who seem ideologically opposed to HP MCZs
has frightened many people blindly objecting to the proposals.
The opposition is so well orchestrated that there appears to be real
risk the entire process will be abandoned by Welsh Government unless
they receive a sufficiently large number of responses supporting HP
MCZs.
It is important that Welsh Government stick to their policy both for
the sake of the Welsh marine environment and for the Skomer MNR in
particular.
Please respond positively to the consultation.
Sign up to this e-petition here
A model response letter is available here
You need to fill in some information, delete any text not relevant to
you and customise it as much as you can – the fewer identical
responses Welsh Government receive the better – and don’t forget to
save it with a suitable filename that identifies it as yours before
you e-mail it!
E-mail your response letter to: Mar...@wales.gsi.gov.uk by 31 July at
the latest.
Please also write in support to the Welsh Environment Minister, John
Griffiths.
A model letter to the Minister is available here
Send by e-mail to: correspondence...@wales.gsi.gov.uk
or by post to: Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development
Welsh Government
5th Floor
Ty Hywel
Pierhead Street
Cardiff Bay CF99-1NA
Most importantly, please tell all your friends and colleagues that
care about protecting the marine environment that their support is
needed too. Please, please tweet, Facebook, blog or e-mail a link to
this page to spread the word. Consultation responses must be received
by 31 July so you don’t have long.
For more information on the science of HP MCZs see The Science of
Marine Reserves here.
Please see following and take the requested actions to try and help
secure Skomer MNR as an HPMCZ.
Please do sign the e-petition here:
https://www.assemblywales.org/epetition-list-of-signatories.htm?pet_id=776
and send a response letter to the consultation - model letters at
weblink below to save you time.
And lastly please also cascade this request to as many as possible who
you think support improved protection for the Skomer MNR.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Blaise
Begin forwarded message:
From: West Wales Marine Conservation <web...@wwmc.org.uk>
Date: 17 July 2012 21:01:35 GMT+01:00
Subject: West Wales Marine Conservation News
Please act now to support Skomer MNR being designated as a highly
protected MCZ
Triggered in part by a truly poor consultation document and a badly
mishandled consultation process, a well organised and determined
opposition to the to HP MCZ proposal has developed.
The badly handled consultation has generated legitimate concerns, but
misleading and alarming disinformation spread by a combination of
fishing interests and people who seem ideologically opposed to HP MCZs
has frightened many people blindly objecting to the proposals.
The opposition is so well orchestrated that there appears to be real
risk the entire process will be abandoned by Welsh Government unless
they receive a sufficiently large number of responses supporting HP
MCZs.
It is important that Welsh Government stick to their policy both for
the sake of the Welsh marine environment and for the Skomer MNR in
particular.
Please respond positively to the consultation.
Sign up to this e-petition here
A model response letter is available here
You need to fill in some information, delete any text not relevant to
you and customise it as much as you can – the fewer identical
responses Welsh Government receive the better – and don’t forget to
save it with a suitable filename that identifies it as yours before
you e-mail it!
E-mail your response letter to: Mar...@wales.gsi.gov.uk by 31 July at
the latest.
Please also write in support to the Welsh Environment Minister, John
Griffiths.
A model letter to the Minister is available here
Send by e-mail to: correspondence...@wales.gsi.gov.uk
or by post to: Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development
Welsh Government
5th Floor
Ty Hywel
Pierhead Street
Cardiff Bay CF99-1NA
Most importantly, please tell all your friends and colleagues that
care about protecting the marine environment that their support is
needed too. Please, please tweet, Facebook, blog or e-mail a link to
this page to spread the word. Consultation responses must be received
by 31 July so you don’t have long.
For more information on the science of HP MCZs see The Science of
Marine Reserves here.
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