{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-2000/schedule", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-2000/schedule.json", "legislation": "uksi/2000/1081", "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 2000", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-2000", "path": "schedule", "kind": "schedule", "number": null, "heading": "MAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION [APART FROM FINES RELATED TO VALUE OF FISH]", "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nCommunity Provision\nSubject matter\nMaximum fine on summary conviction\nPart I\nRegulation 894/97\nArticle 11\nProvisions relating to drift nets.\nThe statutory maximum\nPart II\nThe Council Regulation\n1 Article 4, as read with Articles 5 and 10\nProvisions relating to mesh sizes, target species, and required catch percentages when using towed gears.\nThe statutory maximum\n2 Article 5(3)\nProhibition on transhipment without completing a logbook in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Regulation 2847/93.\n£50,000\n3 Article 6\nLimitation on the maximum number of meshes in certain towed gear.\nThe statutory maximum\n4 Article 7\nProvisions relating to the inclusion and placement of square mesh panels in specified towed gear.\nThe statutory maximum\n5 Article 8(1) and (2), as read with Article 8(3)\nLimitation on the twine thickness of towed gears.\nThe statutory maximum\n6 Article 9(1), as read with Article 9(2)\nProhibition on the carriage or use of towed gears constructed wholly or in part of netting other than types specified.\nThe statutory maximum\n7 Article 11, as read with Articles 12 and 13\nLimitations on the use or keeping on board of specified fixed gears.\nThe statutory maximum\n8 Article 14\nRequirement to sort catches immediately after removal from nets.\nThe statutory maximum\n9 Article 15\nProhibition on the landing or retention of fish in excess of specified percentages.\nThe statutory maximum\n10 Article 16\nProhibition on devices that obstruct nets.\nThe statutory maximum\n11 Article 18(3)\nProhibition on the retention and landing of lobsters, crawfish, and bivalve and gastropod molluscs unless they are whole.\nThe statutory maximum\n12 Article 18(4)\nProhibition on the retention and landing of edible crabs unless they are whole, subject to a maximum percentage for the retention and landing of detached claws.\nThe statutory maximum\n13 Article 19(1), as read with Articles 17, 18(1)-(2), 19(2)-(3) and 35\nProhibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of undersized fish.\nThe statutory maximum\n14 Article 20(1), as read with Article 20(2) and (3)\nProhibition on fishing for herring in specified waters during specified times.\n£50,000\n15 Article 21(1), as read with Article 21(2)\nProhibition on fishing for sprat in specified waters during specified times.\n£50,000\n16 Article 22(1), as read with Article 22(2) and (3)\nProhibition on fishing for mackerel in specified waters during specified times.\n£50,000\n17 Article 23(1)\nProhibition on fishing for anchovy with, and the retention on board of anchovy caught using, pelagic trawls in ICES Division VIIIc.\n£50,000\n18 Article 23(2)\nProhibition on the simultaneous carrying on board of pelagic trawls and purse seines in ICES Division VIIIc.\nThe statutory maximum\n19 Article 24\nProhibition on fishing for skipjack and bigeye tuna using specified gear, and the retention on board of such species caught using such gear, in specified areas under the jurisdiction of Spain and Portugal.\n£50,000\n20 Article 25(1), as read with Article 25(2) and (3)\nProhibition on retaining on board shrimps caught with specified gear.\n£50,000\n21 Article 26(1), as read with Article 26(2)\nProhibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of salmon and sea trout caught using towed gears or within specified waters.\nThe statutory maximum\n22 Article 27(1), as read with Article 27(2)\nProhibition on the retention on board of Norway pout caught using towed gears in specified waters.\n£50,000\n23 Article 28(1)\nProhibition on fishing for hake in specified waters during specified times.\n£50,000\n24 Article 28(2)\nProhibition on the carriage of specified gear in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation 2847/93.\nThe statutory maximum\n25 Article 29\nRestrictions on the fishing for plaice by certain vessels using specified gear in specified waters.\n£50,000\n26 Article 30(1)\nProvisions relating to the use of demersal towed gears.\nThe statutory maximum\n27 Article 30(2) and (3)\nProhibition on the use of certain towed gear in specified waters off the north-east coast of the United Kingdom and in ICES Division Vb and ICES sub-area VI. Prohibition on the carriage of certain towed gears in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation 2847/93.\nThe statutory maximum\n28 Article 31(1) and (2), as read with Article 41\nProhibition on the use of explosives, stupefying substances or electric current for fishing. Prohibition on the sale, display or offer for sale of any marine organisms caught using methods incorporating the use of any kind of projectile.\nThe statutory maximum\n29 Article 32(1), as read with Article 32(2) and (3)\nProvisions relating to the use of automatic grading equipment.\nThe statutory maximum\n30 Article 33(1), as read with Article 33(2) and 33(3)\nProhibition on the encirclement of marine mammals with purse seines.\nThe statutory maximum\n31 Article 34\nRestrictions on the use of beam trawls within 12 miles of the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.\nThe statutory maximum\n32 Article 35\nLimitations on retention on board, transhipment, storage, transport, display or offer for sale of undersized organisms caught in the Skagerrak and Kattegat.\n£50,000\n33 Article 36\nProhibition on the landing, retention on board, transhipment, storage, transport, sale, display or offer for sale of salmon and sea trout caught within any part of the Skagerrak and Kattegat situated outside the four-mile limit measured from the baselines of Member States.\n£50,000\n34 Article 37(1), as read with Article 37(2)\nLimitations on the use of certain trawls within 3 miles of the baselines in the Skagerrak and Kattegat between 1 July and 15 September.\n£50,000\n35 Article 38\nProhibition on the retention on board of herring, mackerel and sprat caught using purse seines or trawls between specified times in the Skagerrak or Kattegat.\n£50,000\n36 Article 39\nProhibition on the use of beam trawls in the Kattegat.\n£50,000\n37 Article 40\nProhibition, during the periods and in the areas referred to in Articles 37, 38 and 39 where trawls or beam trawls may not be used, on carrying on board such nets unless they are lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation 2847/93.\nThe statutory maximum\n38 Article 42(1), as read with Article 42(2)\nProhibitions on the physical or chemical processing, or transhipment for processing, of fish (except offal) on board a fishing vessel to produce fish-meal, fish-oil, or similar products.\nThe statutory maximum\nPart III\nRegulation 2742/99\nArticle 9, as read with:\n(a) paragraph 3 of Annex V\nProhibition on all fishing in the Bornholm Deep from 15 May to 31 August 2000 inclusive.\n£50,000\n(b) paragraph 4 of Annex V\nProhibition during the year 2000 on the retention on board or landing of sand eels caught within an area bounded by the east coast of England and Scotland.\n£50,000\n(c) paragraph 6 of Annex V\nMinimum mesh size of 90mm applied to fishing for sole in ICES Divisions IVc and VIId during the year 2000.\nThe statutory maximum\n(d) paragraph 8 of Annex V\nRequirements as to mesh sizes and by-catches in the Skagerrak and Kattegat during the year 2000.\nThe statutory maximum\n(e) paragraph 9 of Annex V\nMinimum landing size of 27cm for plaice during the year 2000.\nThe statutory maximum", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2015/664", "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015" }, { "type": "substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2015/664", "affecting_title": "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015" }, { "type": "omitted", "affecting": "uksi/2002/426", "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Amendment) Order 2002" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2002/426", "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Amendment) Order 2002" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2002/426", "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Amendment) Order 2002" }, { "type": "substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2002/426", "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Amendment) Order 2002" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2002/426", "affecting_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Amendment) Order 2002" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1081/schedule", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:22.541519+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. 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