Article 3 Prohibition of method of fishingF1I1
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Subject to paragraph (2) below, fishing—
by any relevant British fishing boat wherever it may be; or
by any Scottish fishing boat F2, or foreign fishing boat, within relevant British fishery limits,
with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.
Paragraph (1) above shall not apply—
to any beam trawler;
to fishing with a trawl having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres—
in the Fladen area;
in ICES VI (Rockall and West of Scotland) south of a line drawn westwards from the east coast of the Sound of Jura at 56° north latitude;
in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel); or
in ICES IV (North Sea) south of a line drawn eastwards from the east coast of England at 53° north latitude;
to fishing with any trawl having a mesh size of 100 millimetres or more.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Order revoked (E.W.) (7.7.2003) by The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1559), arts. 1, 5
- F2
Words in art. 3(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)