ANNUAL PLAN 2024/25 19 Marine Environment Allonby Bay HPMA Back in June 2023, Defra designated the UK’s first two HPMAs, with the new Allonby Bay HPMA off the Cumbrian coast being the only inshore one, designated for its biodiverse subtidal and seabed habitats. Since then, we have been working closely with our strategic partners at the MMO and NE to develop an effective byelaw and monitoring regime respectively. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A B C D E F G 295000.000000 300000.000000 305000.000000 310000.000000 540000.000000 545000.000000 Admiralty Charts © Crown Copyright, 2023. All rights reserved. License No. EK001-20120601. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. Contains information from the Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright and database rights 2023. Ordnance Survey 100022021. UKHO Data © British Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Permission Number Defra 012018.001. This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk). Map copyright © Natural England Map Projection: British National Grid Boundary Coordinates Projection: WGS84 Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area ¯ 0 1 2 3 Km 6nM Limit 12nM Territorial seas limit HPMA boundary ! HPMA coordinates UKHO Depth Areas (metres) -10 0 2 5 10 Point Latitude Longitude A 54° 43' 53.317" N 3° 28' 50.960" W B 54° 44' 15.532" N 3° 29' 54.682" W C 54° 44' 19.502" N 3° 30' 51.382" W D 54° 45' 16.937" N 3° 33' 0.635" W E 54° 46' 28.937" N 3° 31' 30.093" W F 54° 47' 14.613" N 3° 29' 17.527" W G 54° 46' 4.737" N 3° 25' 58.230" W We are hoping that the MMO byelaw for the HPMA will be made within this reporting period, and thereafter, we will commence our compliance assurance and enforcement responsibilities towards it. In the meantime, we will continue our work publicising the HPMA, both through our communications work and via officers on the ground so that, when the byelaw is implemented, we have maximised awareness of the HPMA and the associated restrictions on activities therein. To support this, we will conduct at least six at sea patrols in the HPMA and at least ten shore-based patrols along its landward boundary.
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