Rwy’n falch o gyhoeddi i mi gyflwyno Offeryn Statudol newydd ar 1 Tachwedd er mwyn diogelu rîff cregyn dilyw (Modiolus modiolus) sydd newydd gael ei ddarganfod oddi ar arfordir Gogledd Cymru. Mae’r Gorchymyn hwn yn gwahardd pysgotwyr rhag defnyddio offer pysgota sy’n llusgo’r gwaelod yn yr ardal lle mae’r rîff a’r glustogfa o’i hamgylch. Mae ‘Riffiau’ yn sensitif iawn i offer pysgota sy’n llusgo’r gwaelod fel rhwyd dreillio am gregyn bylchog a rhwyd dreillio drawst. Mae rîff cregyn dilyw arall gerllaw eisoes yn cael ei diogelu gan Is-ddeddf 21 y cyn Bwyllgor Pysgodfeydd Môr Gogledd-orllewin Lloegr a Gogledd Cymru (NWNWSFC).  Mae’r Gorchymyn yn diogelu’r ddwy rîff a hefyd, mae’n dirymu is-ddeddf 21.
I am pleased to announce that on the 1 of November I introduced a new Statutory Instrument to provide adequate protection to a newly discovered Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) reef located off the north Wales coast. This Order prohibits the use of all bottom towed fishing gear in the area of the reef and an associated surrounding buffer area. ‘Reefs’ are deemed highly sensitive to bottom towed fishing gear such as scallop dredges and beam trawls.  A similar horse mussel reef located nearby was already protected by the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee (NWNWSFC) Byelaw 21. This Order protects both of these reefs and also revokes byelaw 21.