Division 6.1

Fishing industry: The main vessels affected from the prohibition will be beam trawlers, dredgers and other demersal trawls which primarily include vessels landing into Newlyn. French and Belgian vessels have access rights to fish for demersal species however, the majority of this catch is not landed in the UK. Dialogue with stakeholders and the Belgian fishing industry representatives during the pre-consultation for this proposed management measure indicated that bottom towed fishing activity is limited. A number of French otter trawlers fish in the Western end of the Cape Bank proposed prohibited area and several Belgian vessels in the Northern end of the same area. It is not expected that the intervention will have an impact on non fisheries sectors.