{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-448/annex-II/division-DESCRIPTION/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-448/annex-II/division-DESCRIPTION/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/448",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-448",
  "path": "annex/II/division/DESCRIPTION/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "ICES statistical sub-area IV",
  "text": "The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 62° 00′ north; then due west to 4° 00′ west; then due south to the coast of Scotland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 51° 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a north-easterly direction along the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to the western terminus of its boundary with Denmark; then along the west coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point af Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to a point at 57° 00′ north, then due west to 8° 00′ east; then due north to 57° 30′ north; then due west to 7° 00′ east; then due north to the coast of Norway; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning.\nICES statistical division IVa\nThe waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 62° 00′ north; then due west to 3° 00′ west; then due south to the coast of Scotland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Scotland to a point at 57° 30′ north; then due east to 7° 00′ east; then due north to the coast of Norway; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning.\nICES statistical division IVb\nThe waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark at 57° 00′ north; then due west to 8° 00′ east; then due north to 57° 30′ north; then due west to the coast of Scotland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 53° 30′ north; then due east to the coast of Germany; then in a north-easterly direction along the coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to the point of beginning.\nICES statistical division IVc\nThe waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Germany at 53° 30′ north; then due west to the coast of England; then in a southerly direction to a point at 51° 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a north-easterly direction along the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to the point of beginning.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/448/annex/II/division/DESCRIPTION/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:45.512845+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."
}