SUBMARINE CABLES AND PIPELINES

Anchoring and any use of gear towed on the bottom is prohibited in the 
protection zone which extends 200 metres on each side of submarine 
cables and pipelines.

Gas from a damaged oil or gas pipeline could cause an explosion, loss 
of a vessel's buoyancy or other hazard. 

Pipelines are not always buried and could cause fishing gear to become 
irrecoverably snagged, putting a vessel in severe danger.

