{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-no-3-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-no-3-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1295",
  "legislation_title": "The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (No. 3) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-no-3-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibition and exception",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua)–\n(a) within any part of a sea area by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man; or\n(b) within any part of a sea area which lies inside British fishery limits by any other British fishing boat,\nis prohibited.\n(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any boat whose length exceeds 10 metres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1295/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:03.166418+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}