Seeking information on the use of towed demersal gears in The Wash and on The North Norfolk coast

Key messages:

• We are seeking information about important trawling locations for towed demersal gears (shrimp and fish beam trawls and otter trawls) in The Wash and North Norfolk Coast Special Area of Conservation.
• A questionnaire has been produced and the information provided will inform the development of new spatial habitat closures.
• Our aim is to design closed areas that will have least impact on fishing activity whilst protecting some of the designated habitats in the W&NNC SAC.

• A cover letter, guidance note and the questionniare with charts, are avaliable to download.

Questionnaire downloads

• Cover Letter
• Questionnaire Guidance Note
• Questionnaire
• Charts 1-3
  

Please complete and return the questionnaire and charts by Friday 5^th February 2016.

Please send your response via e-mail: mail@eastern-ifca.gov.uk

Alternatively, post your response to:
Attn: Towed gear activity questionnaire
Eastern IFCA
6 Bergen Way
North Lynn Business Village
King’s Lynn
PE30 2JG