# The Regulation of Scallop Dredges (Scotland) Order 2005, Article 3: Regulation of scallop dredges


(1) No Scottish fishing boat or relevant British fishing boat shall carry or tow a scallop dredge within the Scottish zone unless the dredge complies with paragraph (2).
(2) A dredge complies with this paragraph if–
(a) it does not–
(i) measure more than 86.5 centimetres or less than 60 centimetres in breadth in any part;
(ii) have more than one row of flanking rings hanging from either side of the dredge perpendicular to the rings which hang from the belly rod; and
(iii) have any tooth on the tooth bar which measures more than 22 millimetres;
(b) where the dredge–
(i) measures 80 centimetres or more in breadth in any part, it does not have–
(aa) more than 8 rows of belly rings hanging from the belly rod;
(bb) fewer than 5 columns or more than 8 rows of back rings hanging from the lifting bar;
(cc) more than 9 teeth on the tooth bar, where each of the teeth measure 12 millimetres or less; or
(dd) more than 8 teeth on the tooth bar, where any tooth measures more than 12 millimetres;
(ii) does not measure 80 centimetres or more in breadth in any part, it does not have–
(aa) more than 6 rows of belly rings hanging from the belly rod;
(bb) fewer than 5 columns or more than 6 rows of back rings hanging from the lifting bar;
(cc) more than 7 teeth on the tooth bar, where each of the teeth measure 12 millimetres or less; or
(dd) more than 6 teeth on the tooth bar, where any tooth measures more than 12 millimetres.
(3) For the purposes of this article the measurement of a tooth shall be its maximum width measured in the direction of the line of the tooth bar.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/371/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-scallop-dredges-scotland-order-2005/article-3
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