As is being widely reported in the media, on Saturday 31st October the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise, deployed nine limestone boulders onto the seabed in an area in the southern North Sea with the stated intention of disrupting bottom-towed fishing activity.
In the interest of safety, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is sharing the reported positions of the boulders, which are outlined below.
- 52°50.1889'N 002°55.6531'E
- 52°52.01'N 002°53.27'E
- 52°54.02'N 002°50.57'E
- 52°55.084'N 002°49.04'E
- 52°56.879'N 002°46.339'E
- 52°57.3'N 002°52.4'E
- 52°55.3'N 002°51.6'E
- 52°51.3'N 002°49.2'E
- 52°49.1'N 002°47.4'E
ENDS
About the SFPA
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of the sea-fisheries and the sea-food production sectors. It promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it. Its mandate covers all fishing vessels operating within Ireland’s 200-mile limit, over 2,000 Irish registered fishing vessels wherever they operate, and all seafood produced in Ireland’s seafood processing companies. The SFPA operates through a network of regional port offices situated at Ireland’s main fishery harbours. For further information visit: www.sfpa.ie