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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1949",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "MAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION [APART FROM FINES RELATED TO VALUE OF FISH]",
  "text": "Column 1 Provision of the Council Regulation\nColumn 2 Subject matter\nColumn 3 Amount\n1. Article 2\nProvisions relating to speciffied gear, mesh sizes and composition of catches\nThe statutory maximum\n2. Article 4\nAttachments to nets\nThe statutory maximum\n3. Article 5, in so far as it relates to trans-shipment into a vessel\nDisposal of undersized fish\n£50,000\n4. Article 5, in so far as it relates to retention on board, trans-shipment from a vessel or landing\nDisposal of undersized fish, prohibition on landing of lobster tails or claws and restriction on landing scallops\nThe statutory maximum\n5. Article 6, in so far as it relates to trans-shipment into a vessel\nDisposal of salmon and sea trout\n£50,000\n6. Article 6, in so far as it relates to retention on board, trans-shipment from a vessel or landing\nDisposal of salmon and sea trout\nThe statutory maximum\n7. Article 7(1)\nProhibition on fishing for herring in specified waters during speciffied times\n£50,000\n8. Article 7(2)\nProhibition on retaining herring on board\nThe statutory maximum\n9. Article 7(3)–(8)\nProhibition on fishing for herring in specified waters during specified times\n£50,000\n10. Article 8\nProhibitions on fishing for sprat in specified waters off the west coast off Denmark and in the Skagerrak and Kattegat and off the east coast of the UK and in the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth\n£50,000\n11. Article 9(1), as read with Article 9(2) and the first sentence off Article 9(3)\nProhibitions on retaining on board mackerel caught in specified waters in Western English Channel and south-east of Ireland\nThe statutory maximum\n12. Article 9(3), except the first sentence\nNotification requirements\nThe statutory maximum\n13. Article 10(1)–(5) and (9)-(12), as read with Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 390/97(a)\nLimitations on use of specified vessels or gear and prohibitions on retaining specified fish on board\nThe statutory maximum\n14. Article 10(15)\nProhibition on fishing with certain gear in specified waters off the coasts of Spain and Portugal\n£50,000\n15. Article 10(16)\nProhibition on carriage on board of automatic sorting equipment\nThe statutory maximum\n16. Article 10(17)\nProhibition on use of purse seine nets in relation to marine mammals\nThe statutory maximum\n17. Article 10(18)\nProhibition on trawling and purse seining for mackerel sprat or herring in the Skagerrak and Kattegat during specified times\n£50,000\n18. Article 10(19)\nProhibition on use off purse seine nets for catching tropical tuna in waters underr the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal\n£50,000\n19. Article 11\nProvisions relating to drift nets\nThe statutory maximum\n20. Article 12\nProhibition on the use of drift nets for catching tuna in specified waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain and Portugal\n£50,000\n21. Article 13\nProhibition of processing operations on board\nThe statutory maximum",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1949/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.012558+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}