Anchoring in Kirby Creek

[ianc1200]

My mistake, went round again yesterday, the sign is there but being ignored.

The spot inside Honeypot is very deep almost next to the island but closer to the landing stage than the varnished yacht on a buoy.

 

[Trimaran Pete]

Anchoring in Kirby Creek now permissable (?)

Kirby Creek is no longer listed as a shellfish bivalve mollusc production site.

The Food Standards Agency has published a list of current (2022-2023) recognised shellfish productions areas (updated 8 March 2023). This is available to download from their Shellfish Classification page: www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/shellfish-classification

Follow the link (2 thirds down the page) for Current Classification Lists: ODS Shellfish Classification List England and Wales 2022-23 (22.69 KB)

NOTE: this in ODS Open Document Spreadsheet format.

Kirby Creek is ABSENT from the above list.

 

[Plum]

Anchoring in Kirby Creek now permissable (?)

Kirby Creek is no longer listed as a shellfish bivalve mollusc production site.

The Food Standards Agency has published a list of current (2022-2023) recognised shellfish productions areas (updated 8 March 2023). This is available to download from their Shellfish Classification page: www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/shellfish-classification

Follow the link (2 thirds down the page) for Current Classification Lists: ODS Shellfish Classification List England and Wales 2022-23 (22.69 KB)

NOTE: this in ODS Open Document Spreadsheet format.

Kirby Creek is ABSENT from the above list.

Thank you for that. I will continue to occasionally anchor in Kirby Creak but now without the very small guilty conscience.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[ianc1200]

Anchoring in Kirby Creek now permissable (?)

Kirby Creek is no longer listed as a shellfish bivalve mollusc production site.

The Food Standards Agency has published a list of current (2022-2023) recognised shellfish productions areas (updated 8 March 2023). This is available to download from their Shellfish Classification page: www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/shellfish-classification

Follow the link (2 thirds down the page) for Current Classification Lists: ODS Shellfish Classification List England and Wales 2022-23 (22.69 KB)

NOTE: this in ODS Open Document Spreadsheet format.

Kirby Creek is ABSENT from the above list.

The "Several Order" was due to expire in 1st June this year in any case.

 

[Trimaran Pete]

Thanks for re-enforcing the message. See you at anchor!

 

[Kukri]

What’s the depth in Kirby Creek these days?

 

[rgarside]

What’s the depth in Kirby Creek these days?

Last year I found 2-3m below CD over enough space for myself and the others in there. The current Navionics sonar chart seemed to be representative.

 

[John_Silver]

Take care on the way in (from Hamford Water) though. There's less in the entrance......

 

[rgarside]

Take care on the way in (from Hamford Water) though. There's less in the entrance......

Quite right!

 

[ianc1200]

New oyster layings being done this afternoon upstream of Titchmarsh Marina. The young fisherman says Kirby Creek to be done plus somewhere else he mentioned but I can't remember. Assume no anchoring signs soon!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

New oyster layings being done this afternoon upstream of Titchmarsh Marina. The young fisherman says Kirby Creek to be done plus somewhere else he mentioned but I can't remember. Assume no anchoring signs soon!

Presumably, these new layings are backed by appropriate licensing, which should be on public record?

 

[ianc1200]

Not sure - wasn't there an issue re water pollution the reason why the oysters ceased to be harvested previously? Whether withies will mark the area, and whether any "Official Orders etc" as was signposted previously will be applied for, I'm guessing it's a case of wait and see.

 

[Marmalade]

The spreadsheet online lists Kirby Creek

 

[nortada]

New oyster layings being done this afternoon upstream of Titchmarsh Marina. The young fisherman says Kirby Creek to be done plus somewhere else he mentioned but I can't remember. Assume no anchoring signs soon!

Interesting, the Twizzle, with its numerous commercial moorings, links the Walton Channel to The Wade. Titchmarsh Marina lies on the Twizzle between the Walton Channel and The Wade (which dries) so there is no upstream from the Twizzle.

Kirby Creek lies to the west of The Wade and the upper reaches, past Skipper Island, also dry.

From a practical point of view, I suspect any new oyster layings will have limited impact on anchoring or using The Backwaters.

When I next see him, I will ask The Seal Man, who knows all about goings on in The Backwaters.

 

[ianc1200]

Interesting, the Twizzle, with its numerous commercial moorings, links the Walton Channel to The Wade. Titchmarsh Marina lies on the Twizzle

It had the same no anchoring notices "Many Orders" etc up to a few years ago as Kirby Creek had. There's been several boats anchoring beyond the last mooring buoy roughly near Coles Creek, this summer.

 

[Plum]

The spreadsheet online lists Kirby Creek

Would you share the link, please.

 

[rgarside]

This is new:
https://www.carcinus.co.uk/wp-conte...wq_Gc5etGK5fZiQ0mOeVPDB0tpGWKT9N4gynJXPfnmxzv

It doesn't say whether Kirby Creek is being used, but it gives a classification and monitoring plan for it.

 

[rgarside]

From https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx

 

[rgarside]

This document - https://legacy.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/environment/TDC Food and Safety Service Plan 2023-25.pdf - contains the reassuring statement that:
"In 2022-2023 a total of 53 food samples were submitted for analysis. 44 of these tests were for Oyster sampling of the beds in Brightlingsea and Walton On The Naze. All samples are classified by the UKHPA laboratory to be of a satisfactory, borderline or unsatisfactory standard. Food classified as borderline or unsatisfactory are rarely considered to be unsafe to consume." - I expect there is a typo!

 

[RivalRedwing]

This document - https://legacy.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/environment/TDC Food and Safety Service Plan 2023-25.pdf - contains the reassuring statement that:
"In 2022-2023 a total of 53 food samples were submitted for analysis. 44 of these tests were for Oyster sampling of the beds in Brightlingsea and Walton On The Naze. All samples are classified by the UKHPA laboratory to be of a satisfactory, borderline or unsatisfactory standard. Food classified as borderline or unsatisfactory are rarely considered to be unsafe to consume." - I expect there is a typo!

of a satisfactory, borderline or unsatisfactory standard
that covers all the bases !