|
Kent & Essex IFCA meet on a quarterly basis, and these meetings are held in public. The agenda for the meetings and the minutes of the meetings will be published on this website. We will publish the date and location of our public meetings and the associated papers in a timely manner.
The following dates have been agreed by members for the Kent & Essex IFCA Quarterly meetings:
10.00 am, 14 May 2013 – Gravesham Borough Council Offices, Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent. DA12 1AU
10.00 am, 05 September 2013 - Location to be confirmed
10.00 am, 22 November 2013 - Location to be confirmed
10.00 am, 24 January 2014 - Location to be confirmed
10.00 am, 20 May 2014 - Location to be confirmed
Previous Meetings:
18 January 2013 - Thurrock, Essex
20 November 2012 - Sittingbourne, Kent
06 September 2012 - Thurrock, Essex
25 May 2012 - Gravesend, Kent
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the KENT AND ESSEX INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY will be held in the Council Chamber, Gravesham Borough Council, Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AU on Tuesday 14 May 2013 at 10.00am to transact the following business:
UNRESTRICTED ITEMS (During these items the meeting is likely to be open to the public)
A. AUTHORITY BUSINESS
1. Minutes of 18 January 2013 2. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman 3. Declaration of Members’ interests 4. Representation on Crouch Harbour Advisory Committee (W Wright)
B. MATTERS FOR DECISION
1. Statement of Accounts 2012/13 (B Gibbs) Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 (will be available after 14/05/13) Appendix 4 2. Treasury & Investment Policy (B Gibbs) 3. Review of UK and EU cockle mortality events (W Wright) Appendix A (please contact the office if you require a copy of this report) 4. Cockle Fishery (D Bailey) Appendix A
5. European Marine Sites – update on progress of byelaws (D Bailey) 6. Progress with renewal of River Roach Order and Blackwater/Crouch management measures to include opening of Native oyster beds (J Wiggins)
Presentation by Cefas on crab & lobster stock assessments
7. Update on Kent replacement vessel (A Kennedy/J Wiggins) Appendix A Appendix B 8. Presentation on Informing the Future project (E Lyons) 9. Byelaw review (W Wright) 10. Annual Plan (W Wright) 11. Southend Foreshore oysters (J Wiggins) Appendix A
C. FOR INFORMATION/NOTING
Officer Quarterly Reports: C1 -Chief Officer Quarterly Report (JW) C2 - Fishery Officer, Kent Report (EL) C3 - Fishery Officer, Essex Report(AS) C4 - Vessel ‘Ken Green’ (AK) C5 - Vessel ‘Tamesis’ (MD) C6 – Windfarm report (CoL) C7 – Sea Angling report (AS) C8 – Staff update (DL) C9 - Communication update (CoL)
MOTION TO EXCLUDE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXEMPT ITEMS That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1, paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
EXEMPT INFORMATION
E1 Vessel Size and Power Byelaw - update (J Wiggins) E2 Issue of Cockle Licences, additional Cockle Licences and Fees (technical panel meeting results) (J Wiggins) A meeting of the KENT AND ESSEX INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY was held in the Garden Suite, Thurrock Hotel, Ship Lane, Aveley, Thurrock, Essex. RM19 1YN on Friday 18 January 2013 at 10.00am to transact the following business:
UNRESTRICTED ITEMS (During these items the meeting is likely to be open to the public) A. AUTHORITY BUSINESS 1. Minutes of 20 November 2012 2. Declaration of Members’ interests
B. MATTERS FOR DECISION 1. Whelk Byelaw (J Wiggins) Appendix A Appendix B 2. Budget Monitoring 2012/13 (B Gibbs) Appendix A 3. Proposed Audit Plan 2013/14 (B Gibbs) 4. Budget 2013/14 (B Gibbs) Appendix AAppendix BAppendix C 5. Draft Annual Plan (W Wright) Appendix A Presentation by CEFAS 6. Progress with renewal of River Roach Order and Blackwater/Crouch management measures (J Wiggins) Appendix A 7. Southend Foreshore Oysters (J Wiggins) Appendix A 8. Byelaw review – oral report (W Wright) 9. European Marine Sites - Change of Approach (J Wiggins) 10. Defra consultation on first tranche Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) announcement (J Wiggins) Appendix AAppendix B 11. Angling Strategy proposal (A Senechal) Appendix A 12. Meeting dates 2013/2014 (D Lee)
C. FOR INFORMATION/NOTING Officer Quarterly Reports C1 - Chief Officer Quarterly Report C2 - Fishery Officer, Kent Report C3 - Fishery Officer, Essex Report C4 - Vessel ‘Ken Green’ C5 - Vessel ‘Tamesis’ C6 – Windfarm report C8 – Staff update
MOTION TO EXCLUDE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXEMPT ITEMS That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1, paragraphs 12 and 14 of Schedule 12A of the Act. EXEMPT INFORMATION E1 Whelk Byelaw – legal advice (J Wiggins) E2 Vessel Size and Power Byelaw (J Wiggins)
A meeting of the KENT AND ESSEX INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY was held in Room 4, Newton House, Kent Science Park, Winch Road, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME9 8AG on Tuesday 20 November 2012 at 10.00am to transact the following business: UNRESTRICTED ITEMS
2. Declaration of Members’ interests
B. MATTERS FOR DECISION
1. Budget Monitoring 2012/13 (B Gibbs) Appendix 1
2. Localism Act 2011 ( P Sass) Appendix 1 Appendix 2
3. Emergency whelk Byelaw (W Wright)
4. Long Term Whelk Stock Management (W Wright) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C
5. Herring Fishery Opening (J Wiggins)
6. European Marine Site – Change of Approach (J Wiggins) Appendix A
7. Cockle Fishery Licences – 5 December 2012 (J Wiggins) Appendix A
8. Review of UK and EU cockle mortality events (W Wright) Appendix 1 Appendix 2
9. Replacement of Patrol Vessel (J Wiggins)
10. Progress with renewal of River Roach Order and Blackwater/Crouch management measures (J Wiggins)
11. Informing the Future Project (W Wright)
12. Draft Species Management Plan (D Bailey) –this item will include a short presentation on the plan Appendix A
13. Thornback Ray Fishery (J Wiggins)
14. D.vex project (B Hermitage)
15 Cockle Fishery Management ( D Bailey)
C. FOR INFORMATION/NOTING
C1 Communication Strategy (oral report - C O’Laoi & W Wright)
C8 Sea Angling 2012 Report (A Senechal)
MOTION TO EXCLUDE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXEMPT ITEMS
That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
EXEMPT INFORMATION
E1 Staff Matters
A meeting of the KENT AND ESSEX INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY was held in The Council Chamber, Thurrock Borough Council Offices, Civic Offices, New Road, Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6SL on Thursday, 6 September 2012 at 10.00am to transact the following business:
UNRESTRICTED ITEMS
A. AUTHORITY BUSINESS
2. Declaration of Members’ interests
B. MATTERS FOR DECISION
Presentation by Lisa Jenner on MCZs
Presentation by W Wright on implementing KEIFCA Long Term Strategy
C. FOR INFORMATION/NOTING
Officer Quarterly Reports:
MOTION TO EXCLUDE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXEMPT ITEMS That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
EXEMPT INFORMATION E1 Staff Matters
E2 National Insurance – oral report
A meeting of the KENT AND ESSEX INSHORE FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY was held in The Council Chamber, Gravesham Borough Council Offices, Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AU on Friday, 25 May 2012 at 10.00am to transact the following business:
UNRESTRICTED ITEMS AUTHORITY BUSINESS
3. Declaration of Members’ interests
B. MATTERS FOR DECISION
Presentation by IFCA Officer Michael Hayes on GIS
7. Cockle Fishery (D Bailey)
(i) Stock surveys (ii) Fishery Management (iii) TAC for 2012 fishery (iv) Commencement date (v) Areas to be fished (vi) Issue of Permits (vii) Closure of Beds (viii) Issues Management C. FOR INFORMATION/NOTING Officer Quarterly Reports:
C4 - Vessel ‘Ken Green’
C5 - Vessel ‘Tamesis’
MOTION TO EXCLUDE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXEMPT ITEMS
That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
EXEMPT INFORMATION E1 Issue of cockle licences
E2 Staff
|