
2022 No. 303
Sea Fisheries
The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Made 30th December 2022
Coming into operation 1st January 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 19(1) and 124(1), (2) and (2A) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2023.
Amendment of the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
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(1) The Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1)(g) delete “restricted area”.
(3) In regulation 4(3) after “10” insert “metres”.
(4) In Schedule 5 (Red Bay Special Area of Conservation)—
(a) In the longitude coordinate at Point A for “5° 36.670’W” substitute “006° 01.492’W”.
(b) In the longitude coordinate at Point B for “5° 34.734’W” substitute “006° 00.516’W”.
(c) In the latitude coordinate at Point C for “55° 08.450’N” substitute “55° 05.450’N”.
(d) In the longitude coordinate at Point C for “5° 34.733’W” substitute “006° 00.516’W”.
(e) In the longitude coordinate at Point D for “5° 35.203’W” substitute “006° 02.816’W”.
(5) In Schedule 6 (Skerries and Causeway Special Area of Conservation)—
(a) In the latitude coordinate at Point C for “55° 11.540’N” substitute “55° 13.540’N”.
(b) In the longitude coordinate at Point E for “006° 36.920’W” substitute “006° 26.920’W”.
(6) In Schedule 8 for “Area 2” where it first appears substitute “Area 1”.
(7) In Schedule 9 in the Schedule head for “Strangford Lough” substitute “Waterfoot”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 30th December 2022.
Owen Lyttle
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
