Help Our Kelp consultation

admin
, 02 October 2019
Help Our Kelp consultation
Kelp © Andy Jackson

By Dr Sean Ashworth

Guest blog

It is an interesting time here at Sussex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority. After seeking views from the community and looking at all the evidence, Sussex IFCA is launching a public consultation on near shore trawling fisheries in the District. The consultation will run for four weeks ending on the 10th October 2019. The amazing kelp film made by Big Wave TV will help people understand what kelp forests mean to Sussex.

We are looking to protect key areas that are used by fish for migrating, feeding, breeding and as nursery grounds for their young. These essential fish habitats are vital for supporting long term sustainable fisheries and for wildlife. The proposals include a year-round prohibition along the Sussex coast 1km seaward from high water, with the prohibition area from Shoreham harbour entrance to Selsey Bill extending out to 4km.

One key aim of all this work is to allow the recovery of large areas of kelp forests that disappeared from Sussex during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Restoring the Sussex kelp forest will hugely benefit wildlife and fisheries with additional benefits of carbon storage, improved water quality and coastal protection. Fisherman have told us of how the kelp forests thrived in Sussex seas well within living memory, and we want to give it a chance to regrow, to rewild the sea. A change in management is always difficult, but we hope that the benefits to fishing communities, wildlife and climate emergency mitigation will far outweigh those difficulties.

Visit: sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/helpourkelp


Dr Sean Ashworth has worked to manage how people and environment interact in Sussex for twenty years. He was born and bred in Brighton and returned to Sussex after studying at Wolverhampton, Exeter and working around the world. He is Deputy Chief at Sussex Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority, Chairman of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and Deputy Chair of the Living Coast Biosphere Reserve. Sean is passionate about helping people understand the value of the environment and making sure that the environment is part of day to day decision making.

Leave a comment

Comments

  • Andrew Scoon:

    I think this work would benefit many sectors and stakeholders. I think an initiative to go as far as assistive restoration should also take place. Some minimal impact assistance that provides the restoration we desire, for fisheries, coastal species and wildlife as well as climate crisis mitigation. The improvements should become part of the UK reporting on ecosystems restoration and carbon sequestration, and could even be a biodiversity offsetting programme for other organisations.

    10 Oct 2019 20:34:00

Time Δ Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.2
1783300607.31860 [906] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM swt_pages_staging p LEFT JOIN swt_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN swt_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM swt_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
1783300607.34340.0248Matched route: news/[slug:s]
1783300607.34360.0001Server address: 216.73.216.170
1783300607.34360Using master page: /templates/pages/blog/post.php
1783300607.34360Page arguments: 
Array
(
    [0] => /news/help-our-kelp-consultation
    [s] => help-our-kelp-consultation
    [1] => help-our-kelp-consultation
)
1783300607.34390.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.34480.0009 [86] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM swt_settings WHERE userID=0
1783300607.34620.0014 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22672342
1783300607.34670.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22672342
1783300607.34720.0005 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_sales WHERE saleFrom<='2026-07-06 01:16:00' AND saleTo>'2026-07-06 01:16:00' AND saleActive=1 AND saleDeleted IS NULL ORDER BY saleOrder ASC
1783300607.34820.001 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='help-our-kelp-consultation')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 01:16:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
1783300607.35080.0026 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1783300607.35130.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postID=1867 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 01:16:00'
1783300607.35180.0005 [13] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
1783300607.35220.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
1783300607.35270.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=73 LIMIT 1
1783300607.35320.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=44 LIMIT 1
1783300607.35370.0006Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783300607.35390.0002 [162] SELECT catID, catPath FROM swt_categories
1783300607.35470.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 01:16:00' AND postSlug='help-our-kelp-consultation'
1783300607.37510.0204Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783300607.37570.0006 [250] SELECT country, countryID FROM swt_shop_countries WHERE countryActive=1 ORDER BY country ASC
1783300607.37710.0015Using template: /templates/pages/attributes/seo.html
1783300607.37740.0003 [1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM swt_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Banner image' AND (regionPage='/news/post' OR regionPage='*')
1783300607.37820.0008 [nil] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_content_index idx JOIN swt_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN swt_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=104 AND idx.itemRev=0)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
1783300607.37940.0012 [82] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageDepth >=0 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783300607.38250.0031 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.3830.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783300607.3850.002Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template.html
1783300607.38510 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.38590.0009 [4] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.38640.0005 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.38890.0025 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.38990.001 [7] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.39060.0007 [9] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783300607.39230.0017 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' OR pageSortPath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.3930.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageHidden=0 AND pageNew=0 AND pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition
1783300607.39510.0021 [1] Using template: /templates/navigation/breadcrumbs.html
1783300607.39550.0004Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783300607.39570.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1783300607.39620.0006Using template: /templates/blog/author.html
1783300607.39650.0003 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='help-our-kelp-consultation')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 01:16:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
1783300607.39820.0017 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1783300607.39870.0005 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783300607.40020.0015Using template: /templates/blog/comment_form.html
1783300607.40080.0006 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_comments WHERE 1=1 AND postID=1867 AND commentStatus='LIVE' ORDER BY FIELD(webmentionType, 'like', 'repost', 'comment', NULL) ASC, commentDateTime ASC
1783300607.45020.0494 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/comment.html
1783300607.45070.0005Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783300607.45090.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1783300607.45160.0007 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/what-we-do' OR pageSortPath='/what-we-do' LIMIT 1
1783300607.45220.0005 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-002' LIMIT 1
1783300607.45260.0005 [7] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783300607.45450.0019 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.4550.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783300607.45670.0017 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783300607.45740.0007 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1783300607.45790.0006 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1783300607.45830.0004 [38] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783300607.46130.003 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.46190.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783300607.46380.0019 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783300607.46680.003 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/visit' OR pageSortPath='/visit' LIMIT 1
1783300607.46740.0007 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-004' LIMIT 1
1783300607.46790.0005 [30] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-004%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783300607.47010.0022 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.47060.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783300607.47270.0021 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783300607.47410.0015 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1783300607.47470.0006 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1783300607.47520.0004 [11] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783300607.47710.0019 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783300607.47750.0004 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783300607.47920.0018 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783300607.48030.0011Request time: 0.1628
1783300607.48030Process time: 0.1626
1783300607.48030Memory: 1.624