2026/2027 NEIFCA Permitted Scallop Dredge Fishery Notice to Fishermen
Commencement of the 2026/2027 Permitted Scallop Dredge Fishery
Please note that, in line with previous years, the 2026/2027 permitted scallop dredging fishery will commence on Sunday 1 November 2026.
Permit holders are only permitted to fish within two designated zones which are highlighted within the attached notice (follow link below).
Please ensure that all static gear is removed from the two designated zones between 1 November 2026 and 30 April 2027. This will significantly reduce the health and safety risk to those permitted scallop dredgers and associated personnel who will be operating within the designated areas and prevent avoidable damage and loss to such gear. Static gear can be relocated anywhere outside the boundaries of the two areas defined within this notice.
The designated areas are both longstanding and well known to all local fishing operators. We would ask that everyone who actively fishes within the designated zones do so with mutual respect and courtesy to each other.
Any fishing vessel operator who chooses to ignore the content of this notice does so at his or her own risk and NEIFCA will not accept any liability for any loss or damage caused to any associated fishing gear as a result of avoidable contact.
