# Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 1: General power to prohibit sea fishing in specified areas.

Extent: S

(1) The Scottish Ministers may, after consultation with such bodies as he considers appropriate, make orders under this section regulating fishing for sea fish in any specified . . . area within Scottish inshore waters.
(2) Orders under this section may prohibit, within the specified . . . area, all or any, or a combination of the following—
(a) all fishing for sea fish;
(b) fishing for a specified description of sea fish;
(c) fishing by a specified method;
(d) fishing from a specified description of fishing boat;
(dd) fishing from or by means of any vehicle or any vehicle of a specified description;
(ddd) fishing by means of a specified description of equipment
and they may—
(e) specify the period during which any prohibition is to apply;
(f) make exceptions to any prohibition contained in the order.
(3) Where an order under subsection (2)(b) (c) or (ddd) above applies within a specified . . . area for the time being, and, as an incident of lawful fishing operations, fish of a description for which fishing is prohibited are caught, or fish are caught by a method which is prohibited in respect of fish of that description, such fish shall, unless the order provides otherwise, be returned to Scottish inshore waters forthwith.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/26/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-scotland-act-1984/section-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.