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Division 7.1 Directed fishing for mackerel with towed gear with a codend mesh size of less than 80 mm or with purse seines shall be prohibited, except where the weight of the mackerel does not exceed 15 % by live weight of the total quantities of mackerel and other marine organisms on board which have been caught, in United Kingdom waters within the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system:F1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • a point on the south coast of the United Kingdom at 02°00′ W

  • 49° 30′ N, 2° 00′ W

  • 49° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W

  • 52° 00′ N, 7° 00′ W

  • a point on the west coast of the United Kingdom at 52° 00′ N.

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Words in Annex 6 Pt. C point 7.1 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1312), regs. 1(3), 5(35)(c)(vii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)