English: I'm on the positive side. The arrival of the first ever marine plan for Wales, I believe, is a significant moment in the history of Wales as a maritime nation. Despite a land use planning system being in place for 70 years, a strategic spatial and plan-led approach to managing UK - including Wales - marine environments has been absent. That's not to say that the land-use planning has been without its problems, without its arguments, but at least we've had a planning strategy. We might not always have agreed with what's come out of it, but we've had a strategy. In response to the ever-increasing demands on space and marine resources, and the need to deliver a marine biodiversity commitment alongside aspirations for economic growth, many countries globally have begun to develop regimes for marine spatial planning. Many of us are old enough to remember when the sea was treated as one big dumping ground, with everything from raw sewerage to industrial waste being sent out to sea, because the sea would dissipate it - it would all disappear. And, of course, the abundance of fish such as cod would last forever no matter how many were caught. That the sea is no longer treated as a dumping ground, and fish as an infinite resource, is substantial progress for the last 40 years. Traditionally, the approach taken to marine management has been to manage the needs of each sector - so, fishing habits, then energy, then tourism and energy - all dealt with separately. I think it's important that the Welsh national marine plan manages to put all of them together, because sometimes they have competing needs, and a decision will have to be made on which one to give priority to in any one area. It says it aims to bring users together to look at an area of sea for its environmental, social, cultural and economic qualities, and decide collectively how it should be used. The plan introduces a framework to support sustainable decision making for our seas, sets out a vision of strategic objectives, presents general economic, environmental and social policies, and includes policies specific to the sectors that operate in our seas, which include aquaculture, aggregates, defence, fishing and tourism. Putting everything together and dealing with it like that, I think, is a positive move. I think that the people who've been critical from the third sector will accept the general idea of the policy. They might not agree with what's there, and they might say that different things should be done, but we're moving definitely in the right direction. Once we've got this, once it has gone out to consultation, it can be changed. The greatest thing about having a plan is it can be changed. The disadvantage of not having a plan is there's nothing to change.
Welsh: Rwyf i ar yr ochr gadarnhaol. Mae dyfodiad y cynllun morol cyntaf erioed ar gyfer Cymru, rwy'n credu, yn foment arwyddocaol yn hanes Cymru fel cenedl forol. Er bod system gynllunio defnydd tir wedi bod ar waith ers 70 o flynyddoedd, ni chafwyd dull gofodol a arweinir gan gynllun strategol i reoli amgylcheddau morol y DU - gan gynnwys Cymru. Nid yw hynny'n golygu bod cynllunio defnydd tir wedi bod heb ei broblemau, heb ei ddadleuon, ond o leiaf bu gennym strategaeth cynllunio. Efallai nad ydym ni bob amser wedi cytuno â'r hyn sydd wedi deillio ohoni, ond bu gennym strategaeth. Mewn ymateb i alwadau cynyddol ar y gofod ac adnoddau morol, a'r angen i gyflawni ymrwymiad bioamrywiaeth morol ochr yn ochr â dyheadau ar gyfer twf economaidd, byd-eang, mae llawer o wledydd wedi dechrau datblygu systemau ar gyfer cynllunio gofodol morol. Mae llawer ohonom yn ddigon hen i gofio pan oedd y môr yn cael ei drin fel un domen sbwriel fawr, ac roedd popeth o garthffosiaeth amrwd i wastraff diwydiannol yn cael ei anfon allan i'r môr, oherwydd byddai'r môr yn ei wasgaru - byddai popeth yn diflannu. Ac, wrth gwrs, byddai'r digonedd o bysgod fel penfras yn para am byth ni waeth faint fyddem ni'n eu dal. Mae'r ffaith nad yw'r môr yn cael ei drin mwyach fel tomen sbwriel, a physgod fel adnodd diderfyn, yn gynnydd sylweddol dros y 40 mlynedd diwethaf. Yn draddodiadol, y dull a ddefnyddiwyd ar gyfer rheoli morol oedd rheoli anghenion pob sector - felly, arferion pysgota, yna ynni, yna twristiaeth ac ynni - yn cael eu trafod ar wahân. Credaf ei bod yn bwysig fod cynllun morol cenedlaethol Cymru yn llwyddo i dynnu pob un ohonynt at ei gilydd, oherwydd weithiau mae ganddynt anghenion sy'n cystadlu, a bydd yn rhaid penderfynu pa un gaiff y flaenoriaeth mewn unrhyw faes penodol. Dywed mai ei nod yw dod â defnyddwyr at ei gilydd i edrych ar ardal o'r môr o ran ei nodweddion amgylcheddol, cymdeithasol, diwylliannol ac economaidd, a phenderfynu ar y cyd sut y dylid ei defnyddio. Mae'r cynllun yn cyflwyno fframwaith i gefnogi penderfyniadau cynaliadwy ar gyfer ein moroedd, yn nodi gweledigaeth o amcanion strategol, yn cyflwyno polisïau economaidd, amgylcheddol a chymdeithasol cyffredinol, ac mae'n cynnwys polisïau sy'n benodol i sectorau sy'n gweithredu yn ein moroedd, sy'n cynnwys dyframaeth, agregau, amddiffyn, pysgota a thwristiaeth. Mae rhoi popeth at ei gilydd ac ymdrin ag ef fel hynny, rwy'n credu, yn gam cadarnhaol. Credaf y bydd y bobl sydd wedi bod yn feirniadol o'r trydydd sector yn derbyn syniad cyffredinol y polisi. Efallai na fyddant yn cytuno â'r hyn sydd yno, ac efallai y byddant yn dweud y dylid gwneud pethau'n wahanol, ond rydym yn bendant yn symud i'r cyfeiriad cywir. Unwaith y bydd gennym hyn, unwaith y byddwn wedi ymgynghori arno, gellir ei newid. Y peth gorau am gael cynllun yw bod modd ei newid. Yr anfantais o beidio â chael cynllun yw nad oes dim byd i'w newid.