f405f8c8-b379-49d2-b832-b1449868f9e6 eng series The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-11-02 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 2006, Royal Haskoning, SeaGen Strangford Lough, Local Community Awareness and Perception of SeaGen MCT Project 2006-08-04 publication SL_8 The landward shores of Strangford Lough are predominantly rural in setting with the two small towns of Strangford and Portaferry on the east and west banks of the Narrows. Leisure, tourism and fisheries are important parts of the local economy. The SeaGen project will result in the implementation of a large piece of operating machinery in the Lough which is likely to create a wide range of ‘mix-view’ perceptions throughout the community, whether they be positive views of potential increase in area profile or provision of a future showpiece for tidal technology or negative perceptions of environmental and/or economic impact. Tidal technology is in its infancy and therefore the technical efficiency and applicability of the system and its potential impact on the environment is uncertain. It is therefore important that the local community are made aware of the project and kept informed at all times of the project’s development and the ongoing environmental monitoring. An open-invitation public exhibition was held in Strangford and Portaferry on the 16th of April 2005 to inform the local communities about the project proposed. Throughout the design of the project, ongoing newsletters were produced and distributed to the local community. MCT plan to produce quarterly newsletters to keep the public informed and have developed a specific website (in development) through which the public can obtain updates and review progress reports. MCT will be hosting another public exhibition in prior to installation in late 2006, to increase public awareness. It is important to monitor the local community’s awareness and perception levels of the project to assess the extent of the need and the appropriate ways to disseminate the project information. The report in this series provides baseline awareness and knowledge levels of the local community. Marine Current Turbines Limited +44 (0)117 926 9906 St Brandon?s House, 27-29 Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QT http://www.marineturbines.com/ custodian Royal Haskoning Ltd 10, Bernard Street Leith Edinburgh EH6 6PP info@edinburgh.royalhaskoning.com http://www.royalhaskoning.com originator notPlanned .pdf Agreement for Lease Area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Socio-Economic Activity MIDA Coastal Erosion Thesaurus 2012-06-28 revision 1 Socio-economic and Infrastructure MEDIN Parameter Discipline Keywords 2012-06-09 revision 3 Fisheries SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups 2015-02-04 revision 22 Tourism Oregon Coastal Atlas Coastal Erosion Thesaurus markup terms 2011-08-20 revision 3 Leisure recreation MEDIN Data Guidelines 2012-05-01 revision 3 perception Marisaurus Thesaurus 2010-09-22 revision 28 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright otherRestrictions copyright otherRestrictions http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use. http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng biota oceans -5.613444 -5.493281 54.306874 54.402910 2005-05-16 2005-05-16 http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde3dsl3398 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1919/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Metadata generated by The Crown Estate for the purpose of publishing on the Marine Data Exchange.