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  "long_title": "This Order prohibits, subject to an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1st July 1991—by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area specified in the Schedule to the Order, orby any British fishing boat registered in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of such a sea area which lies inside British fishery limits (article 2).",
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