The restricted areas are located at the Brothers Islands and Lung Kwu Chau and cover also waters around the new airport platform. In proposing the restricted areas, Government has widely consulted the shipping and the fishing industries. During the consultation, representatives of the fishing industry raised no objection to the designation of the restricted areas. Fishing activities in the HRAs are not prohibited as long as fishing vessels do not exceed the prescribed height limits. Since the designation of the restricted areas, no fishing vessels or fishermen have been prosecuted under the Regulation.
Fishermen have no legal title in respect of the waters which they habitually fish.
Therefore, the question of paying compensation to them does not arise and it is not considered necessary to assess the impact of designating the restricted areas on the income of fishermen.