OpenLegislation

Paragraph 4

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

For section 1(6) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—

“(6)

If subsection (3) or subsection (4) above are contravened, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) of the British fishing boat or the foreign fishing boat, as the case may be, shall each by guilty of an offence.

(7)

In this section—

  • “fishing boat” means a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled which is for the time being employed in sea fishing or the sea fishing service;

  • “master” includes, in relation to any vessel, the person for the time being in command or charge of the vessel;

  • “migratory trout” means trout which migrate to or from the sea;

  • “salmon” includes fish of the salmon species;

  • “seafish” means fish, whether fresh or cured, of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, and any parts of any such fish but does not include salmon or migratory trout;

  • “shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any spat or spawn of shellfish;

  • “vessel” includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation. ”.