Jet skis could soon make hiking tours around the Crozon Peninsula. This is in any case the opinion of the council of the Marine Park of Iroise. He voted on Thursday a favorable opinion for a project carried by the company Jet 29. It asked permission for group tours of four or five jet-skis, supervised by a qualified instructor.
But the subject gave rise to debate. Jean Hascoët, President of Baie de Douarnenez Environnement, immediately reacted on behalf of the environmental associations: “We do not want to be assimilated to this decision, » said the representative of Eaux et Rivières de UK.
The Crozon Peninsula is a Natura 2000 area with high biodiversity
“I am outraged by this first decision of the new presidency” (Nathalie Sarrabezolles has just been elected president). It is very ominous. He reminded that “It is a Natura 2000 area with a high biodiversity. And it’s among the most beautiful walks in Brittany. But above all, what Jean Hascoët fears are the potential consequences. “If we accept once, how can we refuse others?”
An argument swept by the director of the Iroise Marine Park, Thierry Cantéri. “Each request requires the advice of the management board. And every decision can be reviewed.” However, the favorable opinion was given with restriction, he says. “The circuit will not be able to get near certain areas for birds and the speed will need to be drastically reduced to others.”
A working group will be set up to think about specific areas, where there would be no impact, where would it bother the least, to which we could bring them together, “Continues the director of the Park.
An essential action for Jacques Lannou, president of Douarnenez community, who would like “to see this mechanical activity centralized on a sector, so that there is no attack on the fauna, the archeology, beaches.”
Jet skis are banned from the Molène archipelago since 2014
It must be remembered that the Molène archipelago is officially banned from jet skis following a decree dating from January 2014 inspired by the elements of reflection collected within the Marine Park. The forbidden perimeter extends from the outside of the channel to the west of Conquet to the lighthouse of Kéréon and a line connecting the Pierres-Noires to the Pierres-Vertes. Practitioners therefore no longer have the right to venture aboard their craft in the labyrinth of islets and pebbles. The protection and tranquility of marine animals are advanced to justify this ban. Noise, speed, shallow draft … The authorities consider that the practice of this activity is not appropriate to the natural protection zone of the fauna and flora, in the heart of the Marine Park of Iroise. The administration therefore followed without restriction the very sharp opinion of the marine park. The motorized water vehicles (VNM) nevertheless have the possibility to reach Molène by the channel of Laz. “Transit must be continuous, undeveloped, and less than 15”.
