Public Notice: Marine And Coastal Access Act 2009 – NIFCA
28th May 2024
SECTIONS 155 & 156
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the above legislation, Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NIFCA) intends to apply to the Minister for the Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs for the confirmation of the “Netting” (2024) byelaw which was made by NIFCA on 22nd April 2024. The byelaw updates and revokes the “Fixed Engines” byelaw in order to:
- simplify the regulation,
- address the limited protection within estuaries and intertidal areas,
- regulate other types of netting rather than just fixed engines, and
- include a provision which requires a permit for netting in the NIFCA district.
A full text of the byelaw and associated Impact Assessment (de Minimis Assessment) can be inspected or obtained from the Northumberland IFCA offices: 8 Ennerdale Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4RT (telephone: 01670 797 676) and / or viewed on the Authority website at www.nifca.gov.uk.
Any person wishing to object or comment on the confirmation of the above byelaw must make representation in writing before 30 June 2024 to the Marine Conservation Team, Marine Management Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 7EH or: ifcabyelaws@marinemanagement.org.uk and must send a copy of such written representation to the Chief Officer at Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority at 8 Ennerdale Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4RT or nifca@nifca.gov.uk.
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