4.—(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in order to further the conservation objectives for the Red Rocks and Longay MPA.
(2) The following activities are prohibited in the protected area—
(a)the deployment (by any means) or use of any passive fishing gear,
(b)the deployment (by any means) or use of any demersal fishing gear,
(c)the deployment (by any means) or use of a rod and line or handline,
(d)fishing by hand,
(e)diving,
(f)the carrying out of any form of dredging,
(g)the anchoring of a vessel,
(h)the fixing of moorings or anchors to the seabed,
(i)the depositing (by any means) on the seabed of anything,
(j)the removal (by any means) of anything from the seabed,
(k)the construction, alteration or improvement of any works,
(l)the deposit or use of any explosive substance or article either in the sea or on or under the seabed,
(m)the incineration of any substance or object on any vehicle, vessel, marine structure or floating container,
(n)the scuttling of any vessel or floating container,
(o)the killing, taking, destruction, molestation or disturbance of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) or the eggs of flapper skate.
(3) While a fishing vessel is in the protected area, the master of that vessel must ensure that any—
(a)passive fishing gear,
(b)demersal fishing gear,
(c)rod and line,
(d)handline,
carried on board the vessel is properly lashed and stowed in such a way that it may not be readily used.