# The Sea Fishing (Specified Western Waters) (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1990, Article 4: Exceptions from prohibition


The prohibition imposed by article 3 above shall not apply to–
(a) the landing of any sea fish caught by any fishing boat which is not a British fishing boat;
(b) the landing of any sea fish caught by any British fishing boat whose length is not more than 10 metres, except in the case of herring (Clupea harengus) caught–
(i) in ICES VIIa (Irish Sea);
(ii) in ICES VIIg (South-east of Ireland);
(iii) in ICES VIIh (Little Sole Bank);
(iv) in ICES VIIj (Great Sole Bank);
(v) in ICES VIIk (West of Great Sole Bank);
(c) the landing of any sea fish caught under the authority of a licence granted by or on behalf of one of the Ministers or the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Isle of Man;
(d) the landing of any description of sea fish caught in any part of ICES VIId or ICES VIIe respectively which is within Channel Island waters, if fishing for that description of sea fish in the remainder of the relevant ICES division is for the time being authorised by a licence granted by or on behalf of one of the Ministers;
(e) the landing of any sea fish caught by any fishing boat used wholly for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure with rod and line or by handline;
(f) the landing of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) caught by handline;
(g) the landing of a quantity of sea fish consisting of one or more of the descriptions of sea fish referred to in an entry in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order which–
(i) has been caught in a division of ICES VII referred to in column 1 of that Schedule opposite that entry by the fishing boat landing that quantity otherwise than under the authority of a licence granted by or on behalf of one of the Ministers or the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Isle of Man, in the course of fishing in that division of ICES VII for another description of sea fish the fishing for which is not prohibited or being prohibited is authorised by such a licence; and
(ii) does not exceed 10 per cent by weight of the landed catch.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2052/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-specified-western-waters-restrictions-on-landing-order-1990/article-4
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