ANNEX EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ON THE NOTIFICATION OF THREE BYELAWS TO PROHIBIT BOTTOM TOWED FISHING GEAR IN SPECIFIED AREAS IN UK TERRITORIAL WATERS

ANNEX I MARINE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 (2009 c.23)

SCHEDULE Definition of Cape Bank

Co-ordinates used in this Schedule are based on WGS 84 datum, where ‘WGS 84’ means the World Geodetic System, revised in 1984.

“Cape Bank”, means the area enclosed by a line drawn from:

• Point A (50 Degrees 19,969, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 43,216 Minutes West) to

• Point B (50 Degrees 16,913, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 48,820 Minutes West) to

• Point C (50 Degrees 8,500, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 47,338 Minutes West) to

• Point D (50 Degrees 4,747, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 48,929 Minutes West) to

• Point E (50 Degrees 11,468, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 57,977 Minutes West) to

• Point F (50 Degrees 19,129, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 52,099 Minutes West) to

• Point G (50 Degrees 21,159, Minutes North, 5 Degrees 44,468 Minutes West)

and then from Point G to Point A.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Byelaw)

The Marine Management Organisation has made this byelaw to ensure that fishing activities are managed in a manner that secures compliance with the requirements of Article 6 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.

This Byelaw protects offshore upstanding reef communities by prohibiting the use of bottom towed fishing gear in specified areas of the Lands End and Cape Bank.

The specified areas are defined in paragraph 1 of and the Schedule to this byelaw.

The specified areas are identified, for illustrative purposes only, on the maps below.