Volume Three Appendix 2 South Marlborough Coastal Marine Area H: Cloudy and Clifford Bays Sub Area Rating Key Values Additional comments Cloudy and Very High Largely unmodified and mostly Certain offshore areas are Clifford Bays exposed east coast South Island commercially trawled; those (excluding coastal environment extending over grounds closer to shore are Wairau Lagoons tens of kilometres from Rarangi to expected to be reasonably and Lake Cape Campbell. resilient to the effects of Grassmere) Extensive sand/gravel shores. trawling. - Cape Campbell reef systems and Effects of the Blenheim - patchy offshore Macrocystis beds. sewage discharge on the Adjoins Coastal Marine Areas G and outer coast are considered - minor. I. High remote values. A large marine farm - approved south of the Awatere River mouth, which will alter seabed values at the site once it becomes operational, is excluded. Wairau Lagoons High Large tidal lagoons and extensive salt The estuary has been marsh beds. modified through historical Diverse avifauna. stop-banking and alterations - to river flows. - An ecologically significant marine site. The Blenheim sewage outfall Despite modifications, this large discharges into the mouth of - the Wairau River on the estuarine complex retains many of outgoing tide. its natural qualities. - High remote values. Coastal Marine Area I: Cape Campbell to Willawa Point Sub Area Rating Key Values Additional comments Cape Campbell Very High Largely unmodified and very exposed Certain offshore areas are to Willawa Point east coast South Island coastal commercially trawled; environment extending south from inshore areas are expected Cape Campbell. to be reasonably resilient to Prominent reef areas in the north the effects of trawling. - (including Cape Campbell) giving way to extensive sand/gravel shores in the south. - Large offshore Macrocystis beds. - Adjoins Coastal Marine Area H at Cape Campbell. - High remote values. App 2 - 7