Move to end clashes on scallop dredging

Saturday 30th October 2010, 2:56PM BST.

The Anquettes, off the east coast, is one of three reefs that should have been included in the ban according to diver Bob Titterington

SCALLOP dredgers have been banned from a huge area of Jersey’s coast after clashing with divers over rights to fish in shallow waters.

Problems began earlier this year after at least one dredger started operating in the shallow coastal water traditionally fished by the Island’s scallop divers.

Now, following a meeting of the Fisheries and Marine Resources Advisory Panel, the dredgers have agreed to a ban on fishing along parts of the north, east and south coasts.

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