{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norway-lobsters-prohibition-of-method-of-fishing-order-1993/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norway-lobsters-prohibition-of-method-of-fishing-order-1993/article-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of method of fishing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, fishing for Norway lobsters anywhere, except on the Fladen Ground, by any British fishing boat with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.\n(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply—\n(a) to any beam trawler;\n(b) to fishing with a trawl having a minimum mesh size of not less than 100 millimetres—\n(i) in ICES IIa south of 64° north latitude and east of 4° west longitude (Norwegian Sea),\n(ii) in ICES IV (North Sea), or\n(iii) in ICES VI north of a line drawn westwards from the east coast of the Sound of Jura at 56° north latitude (Rockall and West of Scotland);\n(c) to fishing with a trawl having a minimum mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres—\n(i) in ICES VI south of a line drawn westwards from the east coast of the Sound of Jura at 56° north latitude (Rockall and West of Scotland), or\n(ii) in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1887/article/3",
    "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."
}