The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 2004

Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid S

3.—(1) This article applies to–

(a) any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; and

(b) any [F1 other] fishing boat within the Scottish zone.

(2) No fishing boat to which this article applies shall carry or deploy a net the mesh of which measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless–

(a) netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and no more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that–

(i) sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and

(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape;

(b) a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that–

(i) sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and

(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape;

(c) no sea fish have been caught; or

[F2 (d) where sea fish have been caught, the quantity of either common shrimp (Crangon spp.) or Aesop shrimp (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two retained on board does not exceed 5% of the total live weight of catch retained on board F3 ....]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 25(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

F2 Art. 3(2)(d) substituted (7.2.2008) by The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/10), arts. 1, 2

F3 Words in art. 3(2)(d) omitted (21.12.2020) by virtue of The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 4(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 3 in force at 1.7.2004, see art. 1(1)