{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2003/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2003/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2003/3035",
  "legislation_title": "The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid",
  "text": "British fishing boats are prohibited from carrying or deploying 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 nor more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that —\n(i) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and\n(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all 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) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and\n(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape.\n(c) no fish have been retained on board the boat; or\n(d) where fish have been retained on board the boat, less than 60% by live weight of the total catch retained comprises common shrimps (Crangon spp.), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3035/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:10:08.718234+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."
}