A NEW feature highlighting the importance of sustainability is coming to the Dorset Seafood Festival. Weymouth s popular seafood festival is set to return on the second weekend of September after a year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time, the festival will feature a series of speakers, videos and question and answer sessions from the Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), a marine conservation charity working to promote protected areas and sustainable fisheries. The charity has a project at Lyme Bay, working to prove that sustainable fishing can co-exist with conservation, and experts from the Lyme Bay Reserve will be attending the seafood festival to share some of their knowledge with visitors.
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Revamp plans for Weymouth rail station have been officially submitted to Dorset Council and are now open for public comments. The £600,000 Weymouth Station Gateway plan would see the station forecourt reconfigured, changes to car parking and flow of traffic, as well as the creation of a ‘pocket park’ linking King Street and the Jubilee Retail Park. The project also includes new sustainable transport links for bus passengers and cyclists, and improvements to pedestrianisation. Comments on the proposal - submitted by Dorset Coast Forum - remain open until the end of April. The plans have been submitted following a public consultation which revealed overwhelming support for the work.
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No anchoring zones at the south-west end of the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone are being considered. The area is where most boats anchor
No anchoring zones could be introduced at the south-west end of the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone,
It held two consultation meetings in March to develop suitable management measures.
Proposals include voluntary or enforceable no-anchor zones or the banning of anchoring on the site.
Three options for no anchoring zones were unveiled at last month’s online public consultation and stakeholder meetings, hosted by the Dorset Coast Forum.
Draft Anchoring Management Option 1 for Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone. Credit: MMO