Article 3 Prohibition of method of fishingI1
Scotland
This article applies to fishing by—
any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; and
any F1other fishing boat within the Scottish zone.
Subject to F2paragraphs (3) and (4), fishing for sea fish with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.
Paragraph (2) does not apply to fishing with two trawls—
by any beam trawler; or
F3subject to paragraph (4), where both trawls have a mesh size of 80 millimetres or more.
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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)
- F2
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)
- F3
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)
- F4
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)