{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of method of fishing",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to fishing by—\n(a) any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; and\n(b) any other fishing boat within the Scottish zone.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), fishing for sea fish with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to fishing with two trawls—\n(a) by any beam trawler; or\n(b) subject to paragraph (4), where both trawls have a mesh size of 80 millimetres or more.\n(4) Fishing for redfish with trawls with a mesh size of less than 100 millimetres in the area described in the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 1(1) of Part C of Annex 12 of Regulation 2019/1241 is prohibited.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 28(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2) substituted (21.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(3)(b) inserted (21.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 3(4) inserted (21.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.12.2017, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/325/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:29.939950+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."
}