Paragraph ICES division VIIa (Irish Sea)
The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Scotland at 55 00′ north latitude then due west to the coast of Northern Ireland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Northern Ireland and Ireland to a point on the south-east coast of Ireland at 52 00′ north latitude; then due east to the coast of Wales; then in a north-easterly and northerly direction along the coasts of Wales, England and Scotland to the point of the beginning.