# The Scallop Fishing (Wales) Order 2005, Article 4: Restriction on size of tow bars


(1) No British fishing boat is permitted, at any time, in any part of Welsh waters that lie within 3 nautical miles of the shore, (such distances being measured from baselines), to use a tow bar unless that tow bar complies with the requirements of paragraph (2);
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(a) a tow bar must not exceed 3.8 metres in length, and
(b) where a tow bar is 3.8 metres or less in length, it must not be constructed in such a way as to enable more than 4 scallop dredges to be attached to it at the same time.
(3) No British fishing boat is permitted at any time, in any part of Welsh waters that lie beyond 3 nautical miles from the shore, (such distance being measured from baselines), to use a tow bar unless that tow bar complies with the requirements of paragraph (4);
(4) The requirements referred to in paragraph (3) are as follows:
(a) a tow bar must not exceed 7.6 metres in length, and
(b) where a tow bar is 7.6 metres or less in length, it must not be constructed in such a way as to enable more than 8 scallop dredges to be attached to it at the same time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1717/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-fishing-wales-order-2005/article-4
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