Management Plan
Photo Credit: Kate Duncan
Since 1997 the members of the Tamar Estuaries Consultative Forum (TECF) have come together to produce a Management Plan for the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries. This is the 4th iteration of the Plan and it identified the pressures and threats to managing the site and identifies actions for TECF members to deliver.
The plan seeks to provide the framework for delivering a sustainably managed estuary and coast, ensuring that the resources of the area are there for everyone, both now
and in the future. The Management Plan is a multi-functional document with objectives to:
- Maintain the European Marine Site in favourable conservation status thereby delivering statutory compliance for the European Marine Site;
- To agree, deliver, monitor and review the scheme of management for the additional economic and social benefits through an agreed ‘sustainable management agenda’ for the Tamar Estuaries and provide a framework for non-statutory partnership action.
This plan serves the dual purpose of addressing joint delivery of statutory duties in relation to the European Marine Site as well as providing a joint approach to delivering a wider range of partnership projects.
TECF are currently working on a new Management Plan, due for publication in 2025.
The Yealm Estuary Action Group produces an Action Plan for the Yealm Estuary, this is developed under the South Devon Estuaries Management Plan as these are all found within the South Devon National Landscape.
