{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mackerel-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1995/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Mackerel (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mackerel-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibitions",
  "text": "Fishing for mackerel (Scomber scombrus)—\n(a) by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within that part of sea area ICES Statistical Division IIa which lies within British fishery limits and any part of sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions IIIa, b, c and d and ICES Statistical Sub-Area IV, and\n(b) by any other British fishing boat within any part of sea areas ICES Statistical Division IIa and ICES Statistical Sub-Area IV which lie within British fishery limits\nis prohibited during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st April 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/168/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:18:05.810720+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."
}