EA - Recreational Boating Activity - The Environment Agency has been working with The Green Blue and partners from around The Solent to deliver the Love Where You Sail project in 2015/16. The project tackles the risk to marine water quality resulting from inappropriate black water disposal from recreational boats, by informing the recreational boating community of the issue as well as promoting and facilitating good practice. Level No No. of Activity and Tier Increase remains Decrease Unknown change Responses elevated Littering 1 1 11 0 2 15 Increase 372. For the increased littering recreation activity, please describe the increase stating how, where, when and why this increase occurred, if known. SCC- Significant increase in the quantity of litter collected during the yearly litter picks at Chessel Bay. It was noticeable during the spring clean up (March) that the number of large items including sections of pontoon had increased. This was presumably a consequence of the winter storms. 375. In your opinion, has the risk category within which the littering activity now falls changed since 2015? Yes 1 No 0 376. Please state if the risk category of littering has changed to low, medium or high. Medium 1 High 0 Low 0 337. Please give details of the change in littering SCC- Large items of debris block access to the mudflats whilst the increase in plastics could increase risks of contamination.
EA - Recreational Boating Activity - The Environment Agency has been working with The Green Blue and partners from around The Solent to deliver the Love Where You Sail project in 2015/16. The project tackles the risk to marine water quality resulting from inappropriate black water disposal from recreational boats, by informing the recreational boating community of the issue as well as promoting and facilitating good practice. Activity and Tier Increase Level remains elevated No change Decrease Unknown No. of Responses Littering 1 1 11 0 2 15 Increase 372. For the increased littering recreation activity, please describe the increase stating how, where, when and why this increase occurred, if known. SCC- Significant increase in the quantity of litter collected during the yearly litter picks at Chessel Bay. It was noticeable during the spring clean up (March) that the number of large items including sections of pontoon had increased. This was presumably a consequence of the winter storms. 375. In your opinion, has the risk category within which the littering activity now falls changed since 2015? Yes 1 No 0 376. Please state if the risk category of littering has changed to low, medium or high. Medium 1 High 0 Low 0 337. Please give details of the change in littering SCC- Large items of debris block access to the mudflats whilst the increase in plastics could increase risks of contamination.
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