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SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS
STUDLAND ANCHORING BAN?
There are draft proposals to create a ‘no anchor zone’ covering the southern end of Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone, where most anchoring currently takes place.
In March, the Dorset Coast Forum hosted a stakeholder meeting, plus a public meeting – attended by nearly 300 people – to outline the Marine Management Organisation plans, which aim to avoid the negative impacts of anchoring on the MCZ’s protected features. The draft prohibition zone extends from north of
