# The Cod (Specified Sea Area) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prohibits fishing for cod (Gadus morhua)–
(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man within any part of the sea area specified in the Schedule to the Order, or
(b) by any British fishing boat registered in any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of that sea area which lies inside British fishery limits (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 sea area, cod are taken on board a boat to which this Order applies, 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 the Order applies (article 3).
The Order ceases to have effect on 1st January 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2196/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-area-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1988/note
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