Letter to the Editor: Commercial fisheries and aquaculture excluded

It is the opinion of the Sustainable Water Network that the inclusion of commercial fisheries and aquaculture in the Marine Planning and Development Bill is of utmost priority. Picture: David Creedon/Anzenberger

An important responsibility for Peter Burke, the minister of state for planning and local government, is the production of Ireland’s first marine spatial plan. 

The National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) promises to transform how Ireland plans and manages human activities in its waters, and we at the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) support most of the ambitions the minister outlined in his Irish Examiner article of July 31.