unlikely that this activity will have an adverse effect upon SEMS. (Natural England, Personal communication, 25th August 2017) Actions for Mooring and/or Anchoring Actions for SEMS to Action Lead and Date for SEMS Actions Progress Partners Completion September 2017 Disseminate the findings of anchoring impacts When study once it is completed, via Solent Forum’s eNews studies and SID. Link to study to be placed on SEMS activity available page. Disseminate further work to be undertaken on anchoring As above and mooring impacts during 2017 as part of Impacts SEMS Agreed and Evidence Group (it is likely that a number of Solent sites When will be considered for this work) condition When condition assessments are available, compare them to the findings of the impacts study to identify if available further action is needed in SEMS Measure/s of effectiveness of actions new heading proposed by SEMS this should be – – incorporated with each of the actions. The measures of effectiveness will be identified after condition assessments, risk categories and NE’s monitoring are available; they could be identified by groups of RAs working together. Recreation - Aircraft Definition of Activity Includes all types of craft used for recreation in the air e.g. small planes and helicopters, microlights, paramotors, hang gliding, parascending (on beach), parasailing (by boat), drones, model aircraft etc. Summary of Responses Activity No Increase Remains Decrease Unknown change Elevated Recreation - Light Aircraft 3 3 0 0 2 In this year’s annual monitoring three authorities out of eight for whom recreation light aircraft – falls within their jurisdiction reported an increase in the number of drones being used in Langstone and Lymington Harbours and across the Solent throughout the year. The types of drone use include recreational, commercial, professional and those used for environmental survey. Some are authorised and some unauthorised. The increase is believed to be due to increased affordability and popularity of this useful technology. This year other types of light aircraft have not increased.
unlikely that this activity will have an adverse effect upon SEMS. (Natural England, Personal communication, 25th August 2017) Actions for Mooring and/or Anchoring SEMS Actions Action Progress Lead and Partners Date for Completion Actions for SEMS to September 2017 Disseminate the findings of anchoring impacts study once it is completed, via Solent Forum’s eNews and SID. Link to study to be placed on SEMS activity page. Disseminate further work to be undertaken on anchoring and mooring impacts during 2017 as part of Impacts and Evidence Group (it is likely that a number of Solent sites will be considered for this work) When condition assessments are available, compare them to the findings of the impacts study to identify if further action is needed in SEMS SEMS When studies available As above When condition available Agreed Measure/s of effectiveness of actions – new heading proposed by SEMS – this should be incorporated with each of the actions. The measures of effectiveness will be identified after condition assessments, risk categories and NE’s monitoring are available; they could be identified by groups of RAs working together. Recreation - Aircraft Definition of Activity Includes all types of craft used for recreation in the air e.g. small planes and helicopters, microlights, paramotors, hang gliding, parascending (on beach), parasailing (by boat), drones, model aircraft etc. Summary of Responses Activity No change Increase Remains Elevated Decrease Unknown Recreation - Light Aircraft 3 3 0 0 2 In this year’s annual monitoring three authorities out of eight for whom recreation – light aircraft falls within their jurisdiction reported an increase in the number of drones being used in Langstone and Lymington Harbours and across the Solent throughout the year. The types of drone use include recreational, commercial, professional and those used for environmental survey. Some are authorised and some unauthorised. The increase is believed to be due to increased affordability and popularity of this useful technology. This year other types of light aircraft have not increased.