More than 300 people have given feedback as part of the early engagement phase of a review of the Bay of Plenty's Navigation Safety Bylaw - which is now open for submissions.
The insights enabled the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to identify issues that were significant regionally and make changes to the new proposed bylaw, the council said in a statement.
Thousands of people use this region's harbours, lakes and rivers for a wide range of activities every day.
The Navigation Safety Bylaw sets the rules which help ensure these activities can co-exist safely and after six months of early engagement with the community, today opened for submissions.
Regional council senior planner Shawn Baker said the review gave the regional council an opportunity to take a closer look at what was working well and what needed to be refined in the existing bylaw.