# The Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012, Article 5: Carriage of undersized scallops

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, scallops measuring less than 110 millimetres may not be carried by a fishing boat that has fished in both ICES division VIId and ICES division VIIe during a single fishing trip.
(2) In this article, “single fishing trip” means the time from when a fishing boat departs from a port to the time when it returns to a port.
(3) For the purposes of this article, the size of a scallop is measurable in accordance with paragraph 6 of Annex 4 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2283/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-fishing-england-order-2012/article-5
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