EXMOUTH National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is urging beach users not to use inflatables or rubber rings in the sea. The urgent call comes after a series of incidents when the volunteer watch-keepers have had to call upon their RNLI lifeboat … Continue reading
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Summer Edition of the ‘Exe Press’ newsletter OUT NOW!
In this issue… • COVID-19 impacts on the Exe Estuary Management Partnership • NEW State of the Exe Estuary ‘toolkit’ now online • Aliens on the Exe – Pacific oysters • IFCA update on the Exe 2019 public mussel stocks … Continue reading
COVID-19 Recreational Boating Update
Please see the latest COVID-19 Recreational Boating Update from the Exeter Port Authority
Aliens on the Exe – Pacific oysters
Pacific oysters, as their name suggests, are native to the Pacific Ocean, but they have been a familiar sight in the UK since the 60’s. They were first introduced in hope of finding an alternative species to supplement the shellfish … Continue reading
Exmouth National Coastwatch Institution is back on duty
Exmouth National Coastwatch Institution is back on duty. After an enforced suspension of duties due to Covid-19, the volunteer watchkeepers of the Queen’s Drive station resumed their seven-day-a-week service last Saturday (16 May). ‘With the government’s easing of restrictions, the … Continue reading
An update from the Harbourmaster with the latest guidance for recreational use of the Exe
Please see the enclosed Notice to Mariners 11/20 in the link below: Exeter Port Authority Local Notice to Mariners – No.11/2020 The river and canal is now open for all watersports mentioned in the Notice to Mariners.
Latest Exe Estuary Water Use Restrictions: COVID-19
Please carefully read the links below for full statements from the harbourmaster Grahame Forshaw: Exeter Port Authority Local Notice to Mariners – No.09/2020 Exeter Port Authority Local Notice to Mariners – No.10/2020 To summarise: following from the latest guidance that … Continue reading
Environment Agency Bathing Season 2020: COVID-19
Please follow the link below for the Environment Agency Bathing Season 2020 External Briefing: External Briefing: Bathing Water Season 2020
State of the Exe Estuary ‘Toolkit’ now online
The latest information and data on the ‘State of the Exe Estuary’ is now publicly available through a new online ‘toolkit’. Thanks to the generous funding from the locality budgets of Jeffrey Trail BEM, Su Aves, Marina Asvachin, Christine Channon, … Continue reading