Volume Three Appendix 2 Coastal Marine Area C: Pelorus Sound Sub Area Rating Key Values Additional comments Maud Island to High Near-shore areas retain high natural Commercial scallop dredging Yellow Cliffs, values. in Tawhitinui Reach and including Apuau Sheltered indented coastline with Waitata Reach. - Channel multiple aspects. - Tom Shand Scientific Reserve (Maud Island) and Deep Bay Scenic Reserve on the opposite mainland, separated by Apuau Channel. Fitzroy Bay and High Near-shore and offshore waters Two mussel-spat marine western Hallam mostly unmodified. farms. Cove Backed by Garne and Savill Bay - Scenic Reserve. - Elephant fish spawning grounds close to shore. Tennyson Inlet Very High The largest marine area in Moorings and a small port Marlborough surrounded by protected area are located in Elaine native forest. Bay. A number of moorings Largely unmodified, very sheltered are also present in Penzance - inner-Sounds marine environment. Bay. - Low natural diversity. - Convoluted shoreline with three small offshore islands. - Three small estuaries. - Several scenic reserves. Nydia Bay – Very High Largely unmodified section of coast Two small areas of mussel Tawero Point extending over many kilometres from farms (Fairy Bay and west of the head of Nydia Bay along the Tawero Point). western side of Pelorus Sound to Tawero Point. - Several small bays. - Mostly sheltered but exposed to a wide range of tidal flow conditions including high flow communities. - Large sections of this coast are backed by scenic reserves. Pelorus/Kaituna High The largest estuarine area in the Excludes Port Havelock. Estuary – Marlborough Sounds. Natural Water quality modified by Mahakipawa Arm processes within the estuary are discharges, port activities – Kaiuma Bay largely intact. and river inputs. - Extensive saltmarsh beds, intertidal mud flats and other estuarine Partly modified margins due communities. to the port, an oyster farm, roading and agriculture. - Diverse avifauna. - Despite modifications around parts of its perimeter, this large estuarine complex retains many of its natural qualities. App 2 - 3