{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2000/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2000/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2000",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of method of fishing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the paragraphs (2) and (3), fishing–\n(a) by any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; or\n(b) by any relevant British fishing boat within the Scottish zone,\nwith any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply–\n(a) to any beam trawler;\n(b) to fishing with a trawl having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres in the Fladen area.\n(c) to fishing with a trawl having a 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 (West of Scotland);\n(ii) in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel); or\n(iii) in ICES IV south of a line drawn eastwards from the east coast of England at 53( north latitude.\n(d) to fishing with any trawl having a mesh size of 100 millimetres or more.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/226/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:12.865875+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."
}