Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Consultation
Published 01:00 on 1 Jun 2022
Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Consultation
CSC is represented on the Studland Bay Marine Partership and has been informed of a consultation concerning the Southern IFCA byelaw consultation that affects Studland Bay in respect of Fishing Areas and the Prohibition of Bottom towed Gear. The areas we will be most interested in are Studland and Poole Bay together with Poole Harbour.
The following links will give you charts and information.
For those that prefer, the proposed boundaries are shown here on nautical charts.
The proposal is to prohibit bottom towed gear in all of the Studland Bay MCZ, not just the seagrass area, and extends to cover an area of seagrass on the Training Bank, that is outside of the MCZ.
The consultation is open until 1 August supportive responses will be welcome, particularly in view of the VNAZ areas currently being designated for no anchoring.
Last updated 06:02 on 22 September 2022