Thanks to Laura Bates for coming to our meeting on 12th May to tell us more about the Irish Sea Conservation Zones project. The project has a group of 41 delegates, each looking after a specific interest group – fishing, gas, conservation etc. Their remit is to establish a set of conservation zones in the Irish sea, that will ultimately link to similar zones around the UK. The purpose of the current phase is to identify areas of high conservation potential, and determine what level of protection might be appropriate to minimise the impact of any legislation on other activities.

For more information, or to make your views heard, please see the Irish Sea Conservation Zones website:

Irish Sea Conservation Zones