Area VI and VII skates and rays fishery closed to some vessels
From 12 October 2014 the skates and rays fishery in areas VI and VII (SRX/67AKXD) is closed to all fishing vessels administered by the MMO.
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The closure, from 00.01 on Sunday 12 October, is due to stock exhaustion. It affects under 10 and over 10 metre vessels, both members of producer organisations and non-sector.
The fishery remains open for under 10 metre vessels administered by the Welsh government.
The MMO hopes to re-open the fishery in the future once the flexibility under the 2014 Quota Management Rules (PDF, page 5) has been realigned and all landing data reaches our systems.