The Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2014

Prohibited methods of fishing

3.—(1) Fishing for sea fish by any method, by any Scottish fishing boat or relevant British fishing boat, is prohibited in the area comprising that part of the Scottish zone contained within—

(a) that part of ICES statistical rectangle 39E4 which lies to the east of the peninsula of Kintyre and to the north of a straight line between 55°18′18″ north latitude, 05°38′50″ west longitude, and 55°00′30″ north latitude, 05°09′24″ west longitude; and

(b) that part of ICES statistical rectangle 39E4 which lies to the north of a straight line between 55°17′57″ north latitude, 05°47′54″ west longitude and 55°00′00″ north latitude, 05°21′00″ west longitude and to the south of a straight line between 55°18′18″ north latitude, 05°38′50″ west longitude and 55°00′30″ north latitude, 05°09′24″ west longitude(1).

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to any fishing boat that fishes with only—

(a) a scallop dredge;

(b) a creel; or

(c) a trawl used for fishing for Norway lobsters.

(3) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to any fishing boat that fishes with only—

(a) a scallop dredge; or

(b) a creel.

(1)

These are co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (“WGS 84”). WGS84 is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf). International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) standardise the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is ’30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude’ in size.