This is a difficult one. As already said, to start with one really needs a largish population density on the coast and that means big towns at least. In England the south coast is solid with ageing people, those there naturally and then those who drift from the north to the south to find the warmer weather and the relaxed atmosphere that seaside places offer.
Brighton, Bournemouth and Eastbourne might be good starters and then they could serve the towns in between.
Of course their citing and subsequent establishment will be a hurdle. Permissions etc from relevant authorities might only come when there is a ground swell movement in favour of them. Also the investment in appropriately equipped cemeteries is another hurdle.
The dignity that comes from the 'giving back to nature' and the 'establishment of fish nurseries' could in these days find quite a following. Better even than that of a sailing friend whose ashes were delivered from a yacht with his buddies on board to one of his favoured spots on the Solent, a marvellous stretch of sailing water that separates the central south coast from the Isle of Wight.
But his ashes added little more than nothing to this favoured haunt and consumed much fuel in the process.
There is too the fact that this would come eventually under the auspices of established funeral enterprises. In England I believe such companies do well on the stock market so presumably they have the market cap for new start ups.
I would be grateful for such of you reading this, who like what I propose, for ideas as to how to propagate this in the first instance.
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