Скачать или смотреть Kelp dredging amendment, ECCLR - 18 September 2018

Mark proposes an amendment to the Crown Estate Bill that would outlaw any kelp harvesting methods which remove the whole plant and prevent it from regrowing. Watch the full debate in the Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform committee.

Final vote: For - 3, Against - 0, Abstained - 6. Amendment passes and moves to Stage 3 later in the year.

Read more about the Crown Estate Bill - http://www.parliament.scot/parliament...

Full text of the amendment:

After section 8, insert—
Restriction on power to act as owner in relation to the harvesting of wild kelp
In exercising the power to act as an owner under section 8, the manager of a Scottish
Crown Estate asset must not grant a right to carry out the harvesting of wild kelp,
specifically—
(a) Laminaria hyperborean,
(b) Laminaria digitate,
(c) Saccharina latissimi,
(d) Saccorhiza polyschides,
(e) Alaria esculenta,
from any area of the seabed under their management where such harvesting would
inhibit the regrowth of the individual plant.