# The Herring (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998, Article 2: Prohibition


Fishing–
(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of a sea area; or
(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of a sea area which lies within British fishery limits
for herring (Clupea harengus) in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions IVa and b is prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2867/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/herring-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1998/article-2
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