Description: Created by Vince Kerr to identify and rank areas where Coastal and Estuarine birds are located. Full report is available in Objective XXXXXX
Description: Boat sewage is a serious risk to human and animal health and the environment.To continue to enjoy Northland's coast and safely gather and eat kaimoana (seafood), our waters must be kept free of sewage. There are strict rules covering sewage discharges from boats in Northland waters – these apply to every type of boat or craft.Untreated boat sewage must be discharged well outside of any harbour or at a marina pumping facility.It is illegal to discharge ‘Grade A' treated sewage within 100 metres of a marine farm. It's also illegal to discharge ‘Grade B' treated sewage within 500 metres of a marine farm or gazetted Maitaitai Reserve.Boat sewage is much more concentrated than sewage from land because it has not been diluted or treated. It is estimated that an untreated discharge from a single weekend boatie can put the same quantity of bacterial pollution into the water as the treated sewage from thousands of people on land.Boat sewage can contaminate the water with long-living viruses and nasties which can cause harmful diseases, like Hepatitis A, or severe stomach upsets.Shellfish can become unsafe to eat for weeks after exposure to sewage as they are filter feeders – they concentrate viruses and other nasties in the water. Shellfish in estuaries and bays are particularly at risk because any contaminated water in them usually takes longer to flush out.There are different ways you can comply with marine pollution regulations, including:Using on-shore toilet facilities Using an ordinary portable toilet and taking it ashore to empty it Installing a sewage holding tank on your boat Installing a sewage treatment system on board.
Description: Applicable Enclosed Limits area that shows the Harbour (as defined by the CMA ) up to the Enclosed Limits line. The Enclosed limits line is derived from Harbour Limits received from Maritime NZ. Modifications made in Bay Of Islands and Whangaroa Harbour for exceptions to the anchorage limits. (See Michael Payne for more details on this layer).
Description: This is a polyline layer, it shows the designated marine pathways for identified harbours and islands in Northland. This layer was created for Biosecurity as a part of the Proposed Norhland Regional Pest and Marine Pathway Management Plan. The island marine pathways are derived from an 800M buffer. This layer was published internally in Febuary 2017 when it was completed.
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Description: Location of aquaculture exclusion areas in Northland. Exclusion areas give the industry and community certainty about where a proposal for an aquaculature marine area is more likely to succeed. Exclusion areas might include places such as navigation lanes, marinas and ports, or areas of high conservation or landscape value.
Description: The Coastal Marine Area (CMA) Boundary is the indicativeline of Mean High Water Springs. It is the administrative boundary between terrestrial land (dry land) and the CMA (foreshore and seabed). This dataset includes the Cross-River CMA boundary, which is the administrative boundary for the CMA on rivers.Digitized from NZ260 topographic maps, appropriate scale of use is 1:50,000 Updated in 2016 to reflect the legal CMA boundary on rivers and streams as agreed by the Department of Conservation, the relevant district council and Northland Regional Council.
Description: Created by Vince Kerr to identify the areas off the Northland Coast which are significant in terms of Marine Mammals and Seabirds. Objection Ref fA77822