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It was moved by Councillor
German, seconded by Councillor Alvey and
 
RESOLVED
that this Council pledges to:
 
1. Consider the impact on ocean
recovery in all strategic decisions, budgets, and approaches to
decisions by the Council (particularly in planning, regeneration,
skills and economic policy), aligning ocean recovery with climate
emergency plans.
2. Work with partners to
deliver increased sustainability in local marine industries and
invest in the development of a sustainable and equitable blue
economy, including the local fishing industry and the vital work of
Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.
3. Grow ocean literacy and
marine citizenship across Cornwall, including ensuring all pupils
have a first-hand experience of the ocean before leaving primary
school, and promote sustainable and equitable access to the ocean
through physical and digital experiences.
4. Create an online portal of
the Council website to update on ocean recovery progress, signpost
to ocean literacy development opportunities, and marine citizenship
pledges.
5. The Leader to write to the
Prime Minister to call on the Government to put the ocean into net
recovery by 2030 by:
a. Ensuring Inshore Fisheries
and Conservation Authorities have the resources they need to
effectively research and monitor our growing number of marine
protected areas, and to set and enforce appropriate fishing levels
that support local economies and deliver environmental
sustainability.
b. Incorporating social
scientific evidence and lived experience to improve community
co-production of policy and develop more effective and equitable
solutions.
c. And by listening to marine
scientific advice to update the Marine Policy Statement and produce
a national Ocean Recovery Strategy which will: i. Enable the
recovery of marine ecosystems rather than managing degraded or
altered habitats in their reduced state. ii. Consider levelling up,
marine conservation, energy, industrial growth, flood and coastal
erosion risk management, climate adaptation and fisheries policy
holistically rather than as competing interests. iii. Develop a
smarter approach to managing the health of the entire ocean that
moves beyond Marine Protected Areas and enables links to be made
across sectors towards sustainability. iv. Establish improved
processes for understanding the benefits from ocean management,
leaving no doubt the links between this and human lives,
livelihoods and wellbeing.
6. The Leader writes to the
Leaders of all UK political parties with MPs asking that they
commit their parties to enacting the Surfers Against Sewage End
Sewage Pollution Manifesto
7. In recognition of the above,
Cornwall Council’s Public Protection Team collaborates with
other relevant Enforcement Authorities to use their powers to
investigate, fine and where appropriate prosecute the fly-tipping
and illegal dumping of liquid and other waste in our rivers and
ocean.
8. Shape the emerging Local
Nature Recovery Strategy through a Catchment Based Approach.
Prioritising sustainable land management for the benefit of water
quality and mitigating the impact on our estuaries, shorelines and
oceans.