Sole, Plaice, etc (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1998 (No. 207 of 1998).

Subject: Fisheries
Keyword: Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Marine fishes Protected fishing area
Geographical area: Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes: Coming into force on 26 February 1998.

Abstract: The principal Order prohibits fishing for - (a) sole in sea areas ICES Statistical Sub-Areas VI, XII and XIV and ICES Statistical Divisions Vb and VIIf,g,h,j and k; (b) plaice in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions VII d,e,f,g,h,j and k; (c) herring in sea areas ICES Statistical Divisions IVa and b; and (d) other species in that part of sea area ICES Statistical Sub-Area IV which lies within Norwegian fishery limits; by any British fishing boat which does not exceed 10 metres in length or which is used wholly for the purposes of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure. The prohibitions of fishing set out above shall apply - (a) within any part of a sea area specified in the Schedule to the Order if the boat is registered in the United Kingdom, or (b) within any part of such a sea area which lies within British fishery limits if the boat is registered in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or, not being registered, is British-owned, during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1998 (art. 2). This Order varies the 1997 Order to prohibit, during the period beginning immediately before 28 February 1998 and ending immediately before 1st January 1999, fishing for sole, plaice and certain other species of fish in certain sea areas.
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References - Legislation

Amends

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fishes, Protected fishing area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX