# The Sea Fish Licensing (Variation) Order 1990 S.I. 1990/504 · made 7 March 1990 This Order varies the Sea Fish Licensing Order 1989 which prohibits fishing, subject to exceptions, by British fishing boats in specified areas of sea for the principal species of sea fish, unless authorised by a licence. Made under: Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (Section 4, Section 15, Section 20, Section 22) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-licensing-variation-order-1990/pdf/uksi_19900504_en.pdf ## Introductory text SEA FISHERIES CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH Made 7th March 1990 Laid before Parliament 8th March 1990 Coming into force 11th March 1990 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4, 15(3), 20(1) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: ## 1 Title and commencement This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish Licensing (Variation) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 11th March 1990. ## 2 Variation of the Sea Fish Licensing Order 1989 The Sea Fish Licensing Order 1989 shall be varied by substituting for Schedule 2 thereto (areas of seaand descriptions of sea fish in respect of which prohibition of fishing without licence applies) the Schedule to this Order. ## Signature In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 7th March 1990. L.S. John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 7th March 1990 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 7th March 1990 Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 7th March 1990 ## CONTAINING NEW SCHEDULE 2 TO THE SEA FISH LICENSING ORDER 1989 “SCHEDULE 2 AREAS OF SEA AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SEA FISH IN RESPECT OF WHICH PROHIBITION OF FISHING WITHOUT LICENCE APPLIES Article 3 Column 1 Column 2 Area of sea Description of sea fish CECAF Division 34.1.1. (EC Zone) Cod (Gadhus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), saithe (Pollachius virens) ICES I All ICES IIa All ICES IIb All ICES IIIa Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), saithe ICES IIIb, c excluding third country waters Mackerel, saithe ICES IIId excluding third country waters Mackerel, saithe ICES IV All ICES Va All ICES Vb excluding third country waters Anglerfish (Lophius spp), cod, Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), haddock, hake (Merluccius spp), herring (Clupea harengus), mackerel, megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis), Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), pollack (Pollachius pollachius), redfish (Sebastes spp), saithe, sole (Solea vulgaris), whiting (Merlangius merlangus) ICES Vb excluding Community waters All ICES VI Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, herring, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, whiting ICES VIIa *(see note below) Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, herring, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, whiting ICES VIIb,c Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, whiting ICES VIId Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, sprat (Sprattus sprattus), whiting ICES VIIe *(see note below) Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, herring, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, sprat, whiting ICES VIIf to k Anglerfish, cod, haddock, hake, herring, mackerel, megrim, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, sole, whiting ICES VIII excluding third country waters Anglerfish, cod, haddock, mackerel, megrim, saithe ICES IX Cod, haddock, saithe ICES X Cod, haddock, saithe ICES XII All ICES XIV All NAFO sub-area 1 All NAFO sub-area 2 All NAFO sub-area 3 All Note: Where an entry in column 1 of this Schedule is marked with an asterisk the following waters are excluded from the area of sea referred to in that entry:— Waters lying within 12 miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands respectively is measured, but not extending beyond a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of such baselines and the corresponding baselines adjacent to the United Kingdom and France respectively.” ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order varies the Sea Fish Licensing Order 1989 which prohibits fishing, subject to exceptions, by British fishing boats in specified areas of sea for the principal species of sea fish, unless authorised by a licence. This Order extends the scope of that prohibition to include fishing for all species of sea fish in ICES IIa (Norwegian Sea) and IV (North Sea) (article 2 and Schedule). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/504 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fish-licensing-variation-order-1990 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.