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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norway-lobsters-prohibition-of-method-of-fishing-order-1993/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1887",
  "legislation_title": "The Norway Lobsters (Prohibition of Method of Fishing) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norway-lobsters-prohibition-of-method-of-fishing-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom;\n“the Fladen Ground” means the waters bounded by a line beginning at a point in 57° 30' north latitude, 01° 00' west longitude; thence due north to 58° 00' north latitude, 01° 00' west longitude; thence due west to 58° 00' north latitude, 02° 00' west longitude; thence due north to 59° 00 north latitude, 02° 00' west longitude; thence due east to 59° 00' north latitude, 01° 00' west longitude; thence due north to 62° north latitude, 01&° 00' west longitude; thence due east to the median line between the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is measured and the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Norway is measured; thence in a southerly direction following that median line to 570° 30' north latitude; thence in a westerly direction to the point of beginning;\n“ICES” followed by a roman numeral with or without a letter shall be construed as a reference to whichever of the statistical sub-areas and divisions of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea described in the Schedule hereto is identified therein by that roman numeral or that roman numeral and letter as the case may be;\n“protected species” has the same meaning as in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No.3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources, and references in that Article to Annex II mean Annex II as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No.2024/88), Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/89 and Council Regulation (EEC) No.345/92.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order a boat shall be deemed to have been fishing for Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) if the catch retained on board that boat includes at least 30% by weight Norway lobsters and not more than 60% by weight protected species.\n(3) Where detached Norway lobster tails are retained on board a boat, the equivalent weight of the whole Norway lobsters shall be taken into account for the purpose of paragraph (2) above, and that equivalent weight shall be obtained by multiplying the weight of the tails by 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L288, 11.10.86, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L179, 9.7.88, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L389, 30.12.89, p.75."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L42, 18.2.92, p. 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1887/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:57.811493+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."
}