What's changing?
Under a new sustainability plan, a total ban on the recreational fishing of demersal scalefish has been extended to a total of six months a year.
Catching demersal scalefish from a boat is now prohibited from February 1 to March 31, from August 1 to the beginning of the September/October school holidays, and from the end of those holidays until December 15.
Anyone casting off boats outside of those dates will be limited to four demersal fish per vessel.
The new rules have also removed boat limits for dhufish, meaning fishers are allowed to catch two per person.
