25. Definitions Volume Two Marina means a facility for the accommodation of boats and/or ships, comprising berths, pontoons, piers and boat launching ramp(s), and any associated reclamations, breakwaters, and/or wave protection barriers. Marine farm means any form of aquaculture characterised by the use of surface and/or sub-surface structures located in the coastal marine are a. Marine farming means the activity of breeding, hatching, cultivating, rearing, or on- growing of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed for harvest (and includes spat catching and spat holding) and the subsequent harvest of fish, aquatic life or seaweed when carried out on a marine farm; but does not include: (a) Any such activity where fish, aquatic life, or seaweed are not within the exclusive and continuous possession or control of the holder of a marine farming permit; or (b) Any such activity where the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed being farmed cannot be distinguished, or be kept separate, from naturally occurring fish, aquatic life, or seaweed. Marine fuel facility means structures, and their operation, to provide fuel to ships. For clarity, this definition includes the wholesale distribution of fuels including for port engineering activity, but excludes a commercial service station. Marlborough Sounds as mapped on the Landscape Maps 1 to 11 and described in Coastal Landscape Appendix 1. MDC means the Marlborough District Council. Mean high water means the average of each pair of successive high waters during springs (MHWS) that period of about 24 hours in each semi-lunation (approximately every 14 days) when the range of tides is the greatest. Meat processing means the use of land and buildings for the yarding and slaughtering of animals; the associated processing of meat including by-product and co-product processing; rendering; fish and shellfish processing; fellmongery, tanning, casing and pelt processing; and the associated chilling, freezing, packaging and storage of meat and associated products. MEP means the Marlborough Environment Plan. MHWS meansMean High Water Springs. mg/m 3 means milligram per cubic metre. 25 – 14