Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 20 August 2015 Policy 1.10 Avoid any adverse cumulative effects of foreshore structures by taking into account the existence of other suitable structures prior to erecting new ones. Policy 1.11 Avoid foreshore structures in areas of recreational use where there is an adverse effect on recreation values. Policy 1.12 Provide for defence purposes under the Defence Act 1990, provided adverse effects are avoided, remedied and mitigated. Policy 1.13 Enable roading activities where adverse effects on the coastal environment can be avoided, remedied or mitigated, and provide for the protection of existing roads from coastal processes. Policy 1.14 To enable a range of activities in appropriate places in the waters of the Sounds including marine farming, tourism and recreation and cultural uses. Policy 1.15 Enable the renewal as controlled activities of marine farms authorised by applications made prior to 1 August 1996 as controlled activities, apart from exceptions in Appendix D2 in the Plan. Policy 1.16 Consideration of other methods of marine farming having lesser effects than long line bi-valve farming in the future. Policy 1.17 Enable the marine farming of salmon by identifying three appropriate sites in the Plan as Coastal Marine Zone 3, where salmon farming is a discretionary activity. By controlling the erection of structures and other activities (including marine farms) that use or occupy coastal space, the effects of these are able to be addressed. The extent of occupation and development needs to be controlled to ensure water space is efficiently allocated and to enable all users to obtain benefit from the coast and its waters. Waikawa Bay is a finite coastal resource that is utilised by a range of cultural recreational and commercial activities. Policy 9.2.1.1.7 recognises that unconstrained casual mooring areas are important, and often crucial in terms of safety, for anchoring boats on a casual basis. However, due to ongoing demand for moorings at Waikawa Bay, and the different uses competing for water space, the location of swing moorings there needs to be managed in a comprehensive way to enable the efficient use of this Bay for various users. The Mooring Management Areas provided in the Bay establish the locations where swing moorings are appropriately located. New moorings outside a defined Mooring Management Area are discouraged unless they are for the specific purpose of mooring vessels associated with land ownership/residents adjacent to those mooring locations (Policies 9.2.1.1.8 and 9.2.1.1.9). The Mooring Management Areas have been designed to enable safe manoeuvring of vessels between the shore, their berthage and the inner parts of the Bay. The moorings can be managed either by a Bylaw, which would provide for the moorings to be allocated and managed by the Council, or, if no such Bylaw is 9 - 6