{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1241/annex-VI/part-C/division-6/division-6.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1241/annex-VI/part-C/division-6/division-6.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1241",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1241",
  "path": "annex/VI/part/C/division/6/division/6.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.1",
  "heading": "From 1 March to 31 May each year directed fishing for blue ling shall be prohibited in the areas of ICES division 6a enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system:",
  "text": "Edge of Scottish continental shelf\n59°58′ N, 07°00′ W\n59°55′ N, 06°47′ W\n59°51′ N, 06°28′ W\n59°45′ N, 06°38′ W\n59°27′ N, 06°42′ W\n59°22′ N, 06°47′ W\n59°15′ N, 07°15′ W\n59°07′ N, 07°31′ W\n58°52′ N, 07°44′ W\n58°44′ N, 08°11′ W\n58°43′ N, 08°27′ W\n58°28′ N, 09°16′ W\n58°15′ N, 09°32′ W\n58°15′ N, 09°45′ W\n58°30′ N, 09°45′ W\n59°30′ N, 07°00′ W\n59°58′ N, 07°00′ W\nEdge of Rosemary bank\n60°00′ N, 11°00′ W\n59°00′ N, 11°00′ W\n59°00′ N, 09°00′ W\n59°30′ N, 09°00′ W\n59°30′ N, 10°00′ W\n60°00′ N, 10°00′ W\n60°00′ N, 11°00′ W\nNot including the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system:\n59°15′ N, 10°24′ W\n59°10′ N, 10°22′ W\n59°08′ N, 10°07′ W\n59°11′ N, 09°59′ W\n59°15′ N, 09°58′ W\n59°22′ N, 10°02′ W\n59°23′ N, 10°11′ W\n59°20′ N, 10°19′ W\n59°15′ N, 10°24′ W.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/120",
      "affecting_title": null
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/120",
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    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1241/annex/VI/part/C/division/6/division/6.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:12.967414+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."
}