Consultation on Proposed Anchoring Prohibition for Outer Belfast Lough Marine Conservation Zone

Overview

The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) proposes making a byelaw to prohibit anchoring in Outer Belfast Lough Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). The purpose of the proposal is to protect Ocean quahog and its associated habitat from the pressures associated with anchoring in the MCZ and to facilitate the features’ recovery to favourable condition. This consultation is intended to notify stakeholders of DAERA’s proposal and to gather views on how they may be affected by it. This will inform the final decision on the making of the byelaw.