25 August 2011 Chapter 9 - Coastal Marine which charges will be imposed (and possibly waived), the level of charges and use of monies received, as well as preparing plan provisions, including objectives, policies and methods, to implement such a regime. In determining an appropriate regime for charging for the occupation of coastal space, the Council will take account of the scale of the occupancy, such as the amount of coastal space occupied, as well as the private versus public benefit discussed above The Council is committed to this process and proposes to introduce provisions dealing with coastal occupation charges into the Marlborough Regional Policy Statement. A new regional policy statement is scheduled to be notified in December 2009. These provisions would then be implemented through plan change or plan review processes. The Act requires that any money received by the Council from a coastal occupation charge must be used only for the purpose of promoting the sustainable management of the coastal marine area. Through the Marlborough Regional Policy Statement, this Resource Management Plan and State of the Environment Monitoring, the Council has already set out some of the issues for sustainably managing the coastal marine area. In the context of the Plan, issues concerned with promoting the sustainable management of the coastal marine area can be found in many of the chapters of the Plan, given the integrated nature of the document. However those chapters of specific relevance include the following: Natural Character (2); Indigenous Flora and Fauna and their Habitats (4); Landscape (5); Tangata Whenua and Heritage (6); Public Access (8); and Coastal Marine (9). 9.1.2 Aquaculture Management The Act states that aquaculture activities (marine farming) can only take place within areas identified in the Plan as Aquaculture Management Areas (AMAs). Marine farming is prohibited outside AMAs. Council has the main role in managing marine farming in the Marlborough Sounds. Providing for marine farming within AMAs enables effects on the community, environment and economy to be managed in an integrated way through the Plan preparation processes, before individual applications for marine farms are considered. The cumulative effects of several marine farms in one area can also be considered. The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) continues to play a significant role in the creation of AMAs. Before starting on the public notification processes for including a new AMA in the Plan, Council must request MFish to undertake an assessment as to whether the proposed AMA would have an “undue adverse effect” on commercial, customary or recreational fishing. Areas within the proposed AMA that would unduly affect customary or recreational fishing will be removed from the proposal prior to notification. Any areas that would unduly affect commercial fishing will be identified in the Plan and anyone wanting to 9 - 2A