906c0475154a5d0a96dc5522c0f8f252 English series Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Resource Manager +44(0)1502562244 Lowestoft Laboratory s.boyd@efas.co.uk http://www.Cefas.co.uk/ pointOfContact 2007-01-26 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 country OGP 1997, CEFAS, A review of closed areas in the United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone Science Series Technical Report Number 106 1997-01-01 publication 1997-01-01 creation 19502 Author: CEFAS. Technical Report number: 106. This Report lists all the closed areas in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which prohibit access to fishing vessels for 12 months a year, and which may also regulate access to particular gears. There are other local and national seasonal restrictions on access by vessels which are beyond the scope of this report, but it should be noted that where such short term bans regulate access to a seasonal fishery, they can in effect constitute a 12 month closure. Areas are grouped according to whether the closure applies to (a) a particular form of fishing (interpreted as a gear type or target species), (b) all forms of fishing activity, (c) all seabed extraction activities, and (d) all forms of human activity. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Resource Manager +44(0)1502562244 Lowestoft Laboratory s.boyd@cefas.co.uk http://www.Cefas.co.uk/ custodian Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science +44(0)1502562244 Lowestoft Laboratory s.boyd@cefas.co.uk http://www.Cefas.co.uk/ originator notPlanned Government Funded Research Project Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Metadata record availability 2012-01-11T07:46:54 revision Research Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Fishery characterisation Fish abundance in water bodies Fish reproduction Marine archaeology SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-10-18 revision 104 exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of nontangible property that is a result of creativity copyright intellectualPropertyRights 1 eng biota economy environment geoscientificInformation location -8.6526 1.7629 49.164902 60.876099 1997 1997 Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Spatial representation type: 001 Supply media: 001 Origin: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde4malsf0012 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1105/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset Many areas around the UK are closed to fishing activity for a variety of reasons, from the need to either protect high security Royal Navy ports, ensure safety near oil and gas installations, or to protect natural populations that may be at risk. Where these closed areas provide protection for fish stocks and benthic fauna and flora, they might also provide either control areas for comparison with sites where normal fishing activity occurs, or experimental sites which can be manipulated. This Report lists all the closed areas in the UK Exclusive Ecomonic Zone (EEZ) which prohibit access to fishing vessels for 12 months a year, and which may also regulate access to particular gears. There are other local and national seasonal restrictions on access by vessels which are beyond the scope of this report, but it should be noted that where such short term bans regulate access to a seasonal fishery, they can in effect constitute a 12 month closure. Areas are grouped according to whether the closure applies to (a) a particular form of fishing (interpreted as a gear type or target species), (b) all forms of fishing activity, (c) all seabed extraction activities, and (d) all forms of human activity.