Fined for drilling a hole to moor the boat in Raet National Park – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio

– After all, this is a tool we have for cases that are not of the greatest seriousness. But overall, we take this very seriously if there is a lot of it. That’s according to Trond Flydal, head of the legal section in the Norwegian Environment Agency. The Norwegian Environment Agency has decided to give a penalty fee of NOK 15,000 to a boat owner who last summer lived on a rock in the Raet National Park. According to the decision, the relevant two holes should be drilled to moor their boat at Paradisbukta in Arendal. Earlier this summer, news wrote about boat owners who cause irreparable damage to protected rock when they drill their own mooring holes for their boats. Several breaches in the beach zone – There is blasting, bolting and digging, and there are several who have pointed out that this is a problem, says Flydal in the Environment Directorate to news. He said that Økokrim was in the media earlier this summer and stated that a lot of this happens in the beach zone along the coast. – The net effect can be quite large if this is only allowed to continue. Then the conservation value of the national park will be lost. Conservation areas have been created to take special care of these places, says Flydal. – We must point out that this is not okay. It is the sum of many things that make someone want to regulate it, and that we have to react to it. Head of legal section in the Norwegian Environment Agency, Trond Flydal. Photo: Terje Trobe / The Norwegian Environment Agency has apologized The decision states that “no lasting impact on the natural environment shall take place in the national park”. The recipient of the penalty fee can appeal the decision. – It is an option he must consider. The boat owner has his own point of view as to why he did this. The decision states that the owner of the boat chose to moor the boat with bolts due to a lot of wind in the area, and therefore went into emergency port. The owner has apologised, but explains that the bolts were lowered because there was a danger that the boat would be pulled towards the mountain. The boat owner believes that it would have caused greater damage if a 45-tonne boat had drifted ashore. – A serious breach of the law Earlier this summer, news met park manager Jenny Marie Gulbrandsen in Raet National Park. Then she said that it was frightening that the boat people think they can manage in this way. – We see this as a serious breach of the law. This is irreparable damage to Freda Svaberg, she said in July. Raet National Park is a protected marine nature area, which stretches from Grimstad to Tvedestrand. Boltar found in Raet National Park Photo: Vetle Hjortland / news



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