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From: Devon Maritime Forum [jim.masters@devon.gov.uk]
Sent: 21 February 2008 09:43
To: Jim Masters
Subject: E-Newsletter

Issue 2: February 2008

Devon County Council Napoli Enquiry begins

Labour on course to lose "angling vote"

Decommissioning on the cards for inshore fleet

Demand For Marine Stewardship Council certification increases

QUICK LINKS

Slow-growing mussel among world's top webcams

Adopt a seal for valentine's day

Chip shop of the year

Jim Masters
Devon Maritime Forum Coordinator,
c/o Devon County Council, Lucombe House,
County Hall,
Topsham Road,
Exeter,
EX2 4QW

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01392 383231

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01392 382135

Please contact us if you have any events, news or articles you wish us to publicise in future editions of the E-Newsletter.

FORUM MEETING
Please put the date for the next
Forum Meeting in your diaries -

15th May 2008 - Plymouth

(venue to be confirmed)

Devon Maritime Forum Update

Website:
We are busy up-dating and re-vamping the DMF website. We aim for this to become a one-stop-shop for information on coastal matters for all sectors at local, regional, national, european and global levels. We want to meet your expectations and deliver a service of value. To this end we will need feedback once the new site is launched.

Local Area Agreements:
The DMF is lobbyinig hard for the inclusion of marine and coastal issues in the Devon LAA, as well as the Devon Sustainable Communities Strategy. This will require strategic thinking and the consolidation of precise, measurable outcomes and targets for coastal partnerships around the coast.

Work programme:
The DMF Steering Group are meeting to ratify the Co-ordinator's work programme for the coming year. This work programme is based largely on the requirements and suggestions gathered from the last Forum Meeting and will be available to view on the website in due course. Once again feedback is invited and welcomed.

Coastal News:

Napoli Enquiry Begins
Devon County Council's Cheif Executive has agreed the terms of reference for conductinig a public inquiry into the beaching of the MSC Napoli in Lyme Bay last year.
Read more...

Coastal Futures
The presentations and findings from the Coastal futures conference held in London in January can be found here

Around the coast - Coastal Partnerships Update

Coastal Partnerships Working Group:
The Coastal Partnership Working Group will be holding its annual meeting in Bristol in April. The Forum, and other coastal partnerships in Devon, will be attending. There will be a full report on this conference in subsequent editions of the E-Newsletter.
Devon Sustainable Communities Strategy

Exe Estuary Partnership:
Exmouth to Lympstone cycle route official opening. There will be a family fun day to celebrate this on Saturday 1st March.
Your chance to get involved with the Exe Estuary Coastal Management Study here...
Halcrow Coastal Management Study Strategic Environmental Assessment
Exe Estuary Partnership Forum: 7th June

Teign Estuary Partnership:
View developments and get involved in the South Devon Shoreline Management Planning progress
View the Teign Scene Winter Newsletter here

South Devon Estuaries:
Catch up with news and events from the South Devon estuaries and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty here
Contact the South Devon Marine Business Cluster and network here

Tamar Estuary Consultative Forum:
View the latest news from TECF here
South West Water will continue its drive to upgrade the region's water mains when it starts work in the historic Barbican area of Plymouth. read about it here

Taw/Torridge Estuary Forum:
View the Janury Marine Report here
View the latest TTEF Newsletter here
View the latest developments on the North Devon Shoreline Management Plannning process here
Devon Wildlife Trust are running some workshops on the regeneration of the coast, find out more here

East Devon Estuaries and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty:
View the events diary here

Fisheries

Jonathan Shaw outlines new measures for Inshore Fleet

A new set of measures for working towards sustainable inshore fisheries is being developed, with decommissioning on the cards.