Whilst I agree with your sentiments that there should "not be a blanket ban to costal conservations zones", however the proposal from the Welsh Government is exactly the flip side to your statement, in that the Welsh Government wish to have a blanket ban on wildfowling, shore fishing, personal collection of bait and shellfish, mooring of boats, marine field study courses (Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire being one of the UK top study centers) etc. and any other activity that may well have public involvement in an intertidal environment.
A question was asked on “how do they categorise the zones as to their ecological importance and habitat and what restrictions would be applied to the zones from their final categorizations” the answer was “not sure as to how they will go about this at present, therefore they are applying the worst case scenario to these zones by restricting all activities as a precaution measure”.
Certainly, PWA would welcome protection against any significant extraction that would prove a negative effect on the ecology of the proposed sites but based on site specific scientific evidence but certainly not any further restriction on wildfowling which is heavily regulated under Ramsar, SPA, SAC and the SSSI designation through consents from CCW which proves wildfowling is sustainable in Pembrokeshire. We have more than enough data collected over the years to back up that statement and certainly more reliable than unqualified and unquantified data fed in MARXAN the computer that selected the focus sites for the proposed MCZ’s.