The following rules apply to the carriage and use of regulated gears in the Sole Recovery Zone (SRZ) for the 2025 to 2026 Management Year (which runs from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026), The SRZ Scheme applies to vessels of 10 meters and over in length. The rules apply in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Area VIIe (Western Channel).
Updates to this page
Published 26 June 2014 Last updated 5 December 2024 +show all updates
2025 update
Dates updated to the new year (2024)
Updating dates ahead of the New Year
2023-2024 update
Form updated: Manage your fishing effort: Sole Recovery Zone 2022 to 2023
page updated to reflect changes going into 2022
Page updated following changes in guidance regarding beam trawlers.
Sole Recovery Zone rules updated for 2021
Updated for 2020
Text updated
Text and form updated
form updated
2018 to 2019 rules added
Rules updated
Dates updated
Sole Recovery Zone rules for the 2015 to 2016 management year changed
