EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Marine Protected Areas (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (the Principal Regulations) to provide for minor corrections.

These corrections include the correction of the name of Strangford Lough Marine Conservation Zone in regulation 3(1)(g), the insertion of the word metres at regulation 4(3), the substitution of a number of correct latitude and longitude coordinates in Schedule 5 (Red Bay Special Area of Conservation) and Schedule 6 (Skerries and Causeway Special Area of Conservation) respectively, and the amendment of the heading at Schedule 9 so that it refers to the Waterfoot Marine Conservation Zone.