Guidance

The North Sea Marine Protected Areas Fishing Gear Byelaw 2024

MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in the North Sea region.

From:
Marine Management Organisation
Published
9 June 2025

Documents

PDF, 21.4 MB, 38 pages

Details

This draft byelaw covers ICES areas 4a and 4b and includes measures for the following MPAs:

  • Farnes East 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Foreland 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Fulmar 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Goodwin Sands 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MMO portion of the MPA, prohibition of traps and bottom-set nets and lines across the Ross worm reefs in the MMO portion of the MPA. 

  • Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MMO portion of the MPA, prohibition of traps across the Ross worm reefs in the MMO portion of the MPA. 

  • Holderness Offshore 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Kentish Knock East 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Margate and Long Sands 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MMO portion of the MPA. 

  • Markham바카라 사이트™s Triangle 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA, prohibition of traps over the site바카라 사이트™s Ross worm reefs. 

  • Orford Inshore 바카라 사이트“ prohibition of bottom towed gear across the whole of the MPA. 

  • Swallow Sand - prohibition of bottom towed gear across the MPA except in the far north west corner where no designated features are present.

In addition, this draft byelaw also incorporates existing measures for:

  • Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge - existing prohibition of bottom towed fishing gear across the sandbanks and reefs, and of bottom-set nets and lines and traps over reefs.

  • Dogger Bank 바카라 사이트“ existing prohibition of bottom towed fishing gear across the whole of the MPA remains in place.

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Published 9 June 2025

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