Article 3 Prohibition on pair trawling

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to paragraph 2, no F1... fishing boat shall participate in pair trawling for sea fish in the south-west territorial waters.

(2)

Paragraph 1 shall not apply to—

(a)

fishing boats using nets with mesh in the cod end, in the mesh size ranges 16mm to 79mm inclusive; or

(b)

fishing boats using nets—

(i)

with mesh sizes in the cod end greater than 79mm; and

F2(ii)

incorporating no individual mesh, irrespective of its position within the net, greater than 300mm.

Annotations

F1: Word in art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 12(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
F2: Art. 3(2)(b)(ii) substituted (15.1.2005) by South-west Territorial Waters (Prohibition of Pair Trawling) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/49), arts. 1, 2(2)