Part 2Marine reserves, seafloor protection areas, and high protection areas
Seafloor protection areas and high protection areas: Seafloor protection areas
17Activities prohibited in seafloor protection areas
A person must not undertake any of the activities described in subsection (2) in a seafloor protection area, unless—
- section 24 or 26 applies to the activity; or
- the activity is undertaken in accordance with a permit granted under section 37.
The prohibited activities are—
- aquaculture activities:
- dumping, depositing, or discharging, whether directly or indirectly, in or into a seafloor protection area, waste or other matter that is likely to have a more than minor adverse effect on aquatic life:
- dredging:
- trawling that makes contact with the seabed:
- Danish seining:
- sand extraction:
- mining activity.


