Amendment of the Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000
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1
The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000 is amended in accordance with this article.
2
For article 3 (prohibition of method of fishing) substitute–

Prohibition of method of fishing
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1
Subject to paragraph (2) fishing–
a
by any Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be; or
b
by any relevant British fishing boat within the Scottish zone,
with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.
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Paragraph (1) shall not apply to fishing with two trawls–
a
by any beam trawler;
b
having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres in the Fladen area;
c
having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres–
i
in ICES VI south of a line drawn westwards from a point on the Scottish mainland at 56°North 05°40'31"West;
ii
in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel); or
iii
in ICES IV south of a line drawn eastwards from the east coast of England at 53° north latitude; and
d
having a mesh size of 95 millimetres or more.
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S.S.I. 2000/405 as amended by S.S.I. 2003/166.