{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2008/1811",
  "legislation_title": "The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shrimp-fishing-nets-wales-order-2008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid",
  "text": "(1) Fishing boats are prohibited from carrying or deploying a net, the mesh of which 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) 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) the retention of fish on board the boat is consistent with Article 25(3) of Council Regulation 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 3(1)(d) substituted (2.1.2009) by The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3144), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No. L125, 27.4.1998, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/1811/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:52.218794+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."
}