{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-order-northern-ireland-2005/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-order-northern-ireland-2005/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/349",
  "legislation_title": "Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-order-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid",
  "text": "A Northern Ireland fishing boat shall not carry or deploy a net, whose mesh measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless –\n(a) netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and no more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that –\n(i) sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and\n(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape;\n(b) a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that –\n(i) sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and\n(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape;\n(c) no sea fish have been retained on board the boat; or\n(d) where sea fish have been caught, the total catch retained on board should comprise of no more than 5% of live weight of common shrimps (Crangon spp), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3 substituted 31.1.2008 byShrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/499), article. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 22.8.2005, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/349/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:51:23.897676+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."
}