Marlborough Sounds Integrated Management Trust
This was established in 2012 to support a better future for the Marlborough marine environment. The current trustees are:
Eric Jorgensen (chairman), Raymond Smith, John Hellstrom, Larnce Wichman, Roy Grose.
It is funded by Marlborough District Council and Canterbury Community Trust.
The trust is forming a stakeholder group; Marlborough Marine Futures. Their aim is to get stakeholders together to form a Stakeholder Working Group for the Marlborough marine environment.
Further information can be obtained from their website at: http://www.marlmarinefutures.co.nz
An initial meeting is being held on 8 March. Further information regarding this meeting and concerning the stakeholder group can be obtained by following these links.
Some links that you may find interesting:
The 2011 Significant marine sites inventory report:
http://www.marlborough.govt.nz/Environment/Coastal/Coastal-Ecosystems/Significant-Marine-Sites.aspx
Davidson Environmental monitoring report. It’s called Monitoring results from 2014/15 Queen Charlotte Sound:
http://www.marlborough.govt.nz/Environment/Coastal/Coastal-Reports.aspx#Significant
And here’s the link to a YouTube video of Rob Davidson presenting it to Council’s Environment Committee on 23 July:
http://www.marlborough.govt.nz/Environment/Coastal/Coastal-Ecosystems/Significant-Marine-Sites.aspx