Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 21 A ugust 2008 Compliance The Council will monitor the activity of ships in Queen and Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel for compliance purposes Enforcement to ensure that ships do not exceed permitted speed levels and also to monitor for compliance with individual consent conditions. Monitoring The Council will monitor the effect of ship-generated waves as part of its responsibilities for state of the environment monitoring. A monitoring framework and programme were established by the Council in collaboration with the Department of Conservation following the introduction of the fast ferries in late 1994. This framework will form the basis for ongoing monitoring and will be amended as may be appropriate over time. The monitoring framework includes: • Near shore benthic and shoreline biological monitoring; • Shoreline monitoring of beach profiles; • Ongoing monitoring of land slip activity along the National Transportation Route; and • Periodic assessment of the community's views of the effects of ship generated wave activity in the Sounds. Ship generated waves will also be measured and monitored from time to time. Monitoring of the effects of the impacts of waves generated by individual ships may also be a requirement imposed as conditions of resource consent for discretionary activity shipping activity. In addition, the Council will support Te Atiawa initiatives to monitor cultural, and ecological effects from the wake of ships eg; the effects on access to waahi tapu and other sites of significance, the passing of tikanga Maori to future generations and the effects on the gathering of kaimoana. The results of the monitoring may be used to assist in the review the overall framework for managing the effects of shipping activity, or where there is a need to review the conditions of resource consents. The results of monitoring will be made available for consideration of the Advisory Group. Advisory An advisory group will be established by the Council whose Group functions shall be to: • Review available monitoring information from shipping operators and the Council and any other expert reports lodged with the Council with respect to the effects of shipping (including research carried out as part of the Council's state of the environment reporting). 9 - 24