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Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. No. 276 of 2004).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method Seasons Marine fishes Fishing area
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order consolidates the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 1989 with amendments. The Order makes some minor drafting amendments to the definition of "parlour creel" and introduces a definition of the word "creel" (art. 2 (1)). It also introduces a prohibition on fishing boats greater than 12 metres in length from fishing with creels in Luce Bay and Wigtown Bay (art. 5 and Schedule 2). The Order also: (a) prohibits fishing for such sea fish with mobile or active gear (including a suction dredge), subject to specified exceptions, in specified areas at certain times of the year (arts. 3 and 4 and Schedule 1); (b) prohibits fishing with creels in specified areas at specified times of the year subject to specified exceptions (art. 5 and Schedule 2); (c) prohibits fishing for sea fish within Scottish inshore waters by parlour creel with a mesh size smaller than 60 millimetres (art. 6); (d) prohibits in relation to the Firths of Clyde and Forth fishing for any such sea fish other than herring, mackerel and sprats by fishing boats exceeding 21.34 metres in length in the Firth of Clyde and 16.77 metres in length in the Firth of Forth throughout the year (arts. and 8 and Schedule 3); and (e) prohibits fishing for lobsters within Scottish inshore waters, with the exception of lobsters of a specified size (art. 9); (f) prohibits fishing for shrimps by beam or otter trawl within that part of the Solway Firth specified except where the beam (or beams) or the headline used for such fishing measures 6 metres or less in length (art. 10).There is an exception from the prohibitions where fishing for sea fish is conducted for the purpose of scientific investigation (art. 11).

Full text
English
Website
www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Repeals

Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 2307 (S. 150) of 1989).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1989

Keyword: Inland fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing gear/fishing method, Seasons, Marine fishes, Fishing area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX