UK Offence Report

The Norway Lobsters (Prohibition of Method of Fishing) Order 1993

UK Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1887 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
1revoked
Made
23 July 1993
In force from
22 August 1993
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
Made under
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order prohibits, subject to exceptions, fishing for Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) anywhere, except on the Fladen Ground, by British fishing boats registered in the United Kingdom with any trawl other than a single trawl (article 3). “The Fladen Ground” is defined in article 2(1). The median line referred to in that definition is depicted on Admiralty Chart Q6353 which is published by the Hydrographic Office, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN. The prohibition does not apply to beam trawlers or to fishing with a trawl having a specified minimum mesh size in certain areas (article 3(2)). The Order specifies how the mesh size of trawls is to be measured (article 4). British sea-fishery officers are given certain enforcement powers for the purpose of the enforcement of the Order (article 5). Offences are prescribed by sections 5(1) and (6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 and penalties by section 11 of that Act, as amended by section 24(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29).

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