UK Offence Report

The Sole and Nephrops (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1994

UK Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 3273 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
18 December 1994
In force from
20 December 1994
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 an exception, fishing for sole(Solea solea)and nephrops(Nephrops norvegicus)during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1995— a by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of the sea area applicable to that species and specified in the Schedule to the Order, or b by any British fishing boat registered in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of such sea area which lies within British fishery limits (article 2). This Order does not apply to any boat over 10 metres in length, except in the case of any boat when used for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure (article 2(2)). “Length” is defined in article 1(2). By virtue of section 5(6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (as amended by section 22(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981), where, in the course of any fishing operations conducted in any of the specified sea areas, sole or nephrops, as the case may be, are taken on board a boat to which this Order applies, those fish shall (subject to section 9 of that Act) be returned to the sea forthwith. British sea-fishery officers are given certain enforcement powers for the purpose of the enforcement of the Order (article 3).

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