# The Norway Lobsters (Prohibition of Method of Fishing) Order 1993, Article 4: Measurement of mesh size of trawls


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, for the purposes of this Order the mesh size of a trawl shall be measured in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No.2108/84 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size of fishing nets.
(2) In the case of square mesh the method set out in Articles 2(1) and 4 of the Commission Regulation referred to in paragraph (1) above shall not be used and instead the net shall be stretched in the direction of each diagonal of the mesh and the measurement shall be taken of each stretched diagonal, and the size of the mesh shall be taken to be the average of those two measurements, each such measurement being the width of the gauge at the point where the gauge is stopped, when using the gauge in accordance with Article 2(2) and (3) of that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1887/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/norway-lobsters-prohibition-of-method-of-fishing-order-1993/article-4
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