# The Bass (Specified Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prohibits fishing for bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) by any fishing boat within the areas in England and Wales described in the Schedule during the periods specified therein in relation to each area (article 2).
By virtue of section 5(6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (as amended by section 22(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981), where, in the course of any fishing operations conducted in the above mentioned areas, at a time when the prohibition is in effect, bass are taken on board any fishing boat those fish shall (subject to section 9 of that Act) be returned to the sea forthwith. British sea-fishery officers are given enforcement powers in relation to boats to which this Order applies (article 3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1156/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bass-specified-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1990/note
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