Prohibited methods of fishing in the Luce Bay Protected Area
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3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), fishing for sea fish with a dredge, beam trawl, demersal seine net or demersal trawl is prohibited in the Luce Bay Protected Area.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to fishing for sea fish with a mechanical dredge in the First Excepted Area, the Second Excepted Area or the Third Excepted Area—
(a)between 1st January and 28th February in each year (both dates inclusive); and
(b)between 1st November and 31st December in each year (both dates inclusive).
(3) In relation to each leap year, the reference in paragraph (2)(a) to 28th February is to be read as a reference to 29th February.