{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haddock-saithe-etc-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3236",
  "legislation_title": "The Haddock, Saithe, etc (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haddock-saithe-etc-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibition and Exception",
  "text": "(1) Fishing:\n(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area; or\n(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of a sea area which lies within British fishery limits\nfor:\n(i) haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas IV, VI, XII and XIV and ICES Statistical Divisions IIa and Vb; or\n(ii) saithe (Pollachius virens) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas III, IV, VII, VIII, IX, X and CECAF 34.1.1. (EC Zone) and ICES Statistical Division IIa; or\n(iii) anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas VI, XII and XIV and ICES Statistical Division Vb; or\n(iv) sole (Solea solea) in sea areas ICES Statistical Division VIIe; or\n(v) mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV and ICES Statistical Division Vb\nis prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1997.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, fishing:\n(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area; or\n(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of a sea area which lies within British fishery limits\nfor:\n(i) hake (Merluccius merluccius) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Area IV and ICES Statistical Division IIa; or\n(ii) sole (Solea solea) in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas VI, XII and XIV and ICES Statistical Divisions Vb and VIIh, j and k; or\n(iii) plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions VIIh, j and k;\nis prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1997.\n(3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) above shall not apply to any boat whose length exceeds 10 metres, except in the case of any boat when used for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 1(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3236/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:42.679911+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."
}