# The Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2004, Article 2: Prohibition on killing, injuring or taking of seals


The killing, injuring or taking of seals of the species known as–
(a) Phoca vitulina (common seals); and
(b) Halichoerus grypus (grey seals),
is prohibited in that area enclosed by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Scotland at Noss Head at 58°28.623'North latitude and 003°02.923'West longitude; then due east to the seaward limit of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland; then in a generally southerly and easterly direction following the seaward limit of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland to the point of intersection with a line drawn due north from the coast of Scotland at Troup Head at 57°41.652'North latitude and 002°17.744'West longitude; then due south to that point at Troup Head; then in a generally westerly and northerly direction, following the line of mean high water springs, to the point of beginning.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/283/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-scotland-order-2004/article-2
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