(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993—
(a)to amend the definition of “suction dredging”; and
(b)to introduce a prohibition on the use of dredges and extend the area to which the prohibition on the use of any trawl net or any seine net applies in Belfast Lough.
The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Razor Shells (Prohibition of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.