Empress of Britain 3
No fishing allowed. Closed to bottom trawling and static gear, including bottom set gilnets and bottom set longlines.

Empress of Britain 2
No fishing allowed. Closed to bottom trawling and static gear, including bottom set gilnets and bottom set longlines.

Rockall Hatton 1
No fishing allowed. Closed to bottom trawling and static gear, including bottom set gilnets and bottom set longlines.

Cape Ground Cod Closure
Closed to towed gear or static nets from 1t January to 31st March, and from 1st October to 31st December, each year.

North-West Porcupine Bank
Coral Protection Area - Fishing prohibated with bottom trawls or similar towed nets, bottom set gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets and bottom set longlines. Authorised pelagic vessels may fish in the area if they have a fully functioning and compliant VMS, carry ony pelagic gear and notify the Irish fisheries monitoring centre 4 hours oin advance of entry and on departure

South-West Porcupine Bank
Coral Protection Area - Fishing prohibated with bottom trawls or similar towed nets, bottom set gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets and bottom set longlines. Authorised pelagic vessels may fish in the area if they have a fully functioning and compliant VMS, carry ony pelagic gear and notify the Irish fisheries monitoring centre 4 hours oin advance of entry and on departure

Rockall Hatton 2

Belgica Mound Province
Coral Protection Area - Fishing prohibated with bottom trawls or similar towed nets, bottom set gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets and bottom set longlines. Authorised pelagic vessels may fish in the area if they have a fully functioning and compliant VMS, carry ony pelagic gear and notify the Irish fisheries monitoring centre 4 hours oin advance of entry and on departure

ICES division 7d (eastern English Channel)
From 15 May to 15 October it shall be prohibited to conduct any king scallop fishing with dredges.

Hovland Mound Province

Empress of Britain 1

Hatton Bank 2 Area 1

Logachev Mound

Rockall Haddock Box
All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohibited

Edora’s Bank

West Rockall Mound

ICES division 7e (western English Channel)
Each year from 15th May to 30th September it shall be prohibited to conduct any king scallop fishing with dredges within the area enclosed

North-West Rockall

Hatton Bank 2 Area 2

Porcupine Bank Nephrops Closure
It shall be prohibited to fish or retain on board any of the following species in the Porcupine Bank during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2019: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole, tusk, blue ling, ling and picked dogfish.

Edge of Rosemary Bank
Bue ling fishing prohibited 1st March to 31st May each year. Note: Bycatch of blue ling must be retained and landed up to a maximum of 6 tonnes then vessel must exit the area.
Bycatch of blue ling must be retained and landed up to a maximum of 6 tonnes then vessel must exit the area.

Edge of Scottish Continental Shelf
Bue ling fishing prohibited 1st March to 31st May each year. Note: Bycatch of blue ling must be retained and landed up to a maximum of 6 tonnes then vessel must exit the area.
Bycatch of blue ling must be retained and landed up to a maximum of 6 tonnes then vessel must exit the area.

Celtic Sea Conservation Area
Closed to all fishing activity from 1st February to 31st March each year. Note: 1) Closure does not apply within 6nm. 2) Fishing with pots and creels is permitted if no other gears are carried
Note: 1) Closure does not apply within 6nm. 2) Fishing with pots and creels is permitted if no other gears are carried

Irish Sea Cod Box
Closed to all fishing with any demersal trawl, seine or similar towed net, any gill net, trammel net or similar static net or any fishing gear incorporating hooks from the 14th of February to the 30th of April.
Fishing is permitted with demersal trawls fitted with STECF assessed selective devices.

Hatton Bank

Hake Box
Within this area a minimum mesh size of 100mm must be used for all towed gears and a minimum mesh size of 120mm used for all gillnets, entangling and trammel nets. Beam trawls of between 55-99mm maybe used east of 7º30’ west in the period April to October.

Restrictions on Mackerel
No Directed Fishing for Mackerel Except With Gill Nets and Hand Lines.
Irish fishing vessels have no herring rights in the 6 to 12 mile zones around Britain, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.