http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/127/article/4The Regulation of Scallop Fishing (Scotland) Order 2017texttext/xmlenSEA FISHERIES;CONSERVATION OF SEA FISHStatute Law Database2025-12-31Expert Participation2024-06-17 This Order, which applies in relation to the Scottish zone and to landings in Scotland, introduces measures for the conservation of king scallops. 41Subject to paragraph (2), a fishing boat—amust not deploy at any time in Scottish inshore waters or any other part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland—imore than 8 scallop dredges from each of the port and starboard sides of the fishing boat;iimore than 16 scallop dredges in total;iiiany tow bar with a total length exceeding 7.5 metres; orivmore than 2 tow bars;bmust not deploy at any time in any other part of the Scottish zone—imore than 14 scallop dredges from each of the port and starboard sides of the fishing boat; oriimore than 28 scallop dredges in total; andcwhen undertaking a single fishing trip for king scallops within the Scottish zone, in the course of which the fishing boat deploys scallop dredges in Scottish inshore waters or any other part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland and in any other part of the Scottish zone, must not deploy at any time—imore than 8 scallop dredges from each of the port and starboard sides of the fishing boat;iimore than 16 scallop dredges in total;iiiany tow bar with a total length exceeding 7.5 metres; orivmore than 2 tow bars.2A fishing boat is exempt from the restrictions in paragraph (1)(a) in so far as they apply to that part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland which is not within Scottish inshore waters, if and so long as the following conditions are complied with—athe fishing boat has fished for king scallops at least once at any time during the reference period in any part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland other than in Scottish inshore waters and while so fishing at any time during the reference period the fishing boat deployed either 9 or 10 scallop dredges from each of the port and starboard sides of the fishing boat while a remote electronic monitoring system was installed on board; andbwhile fishing for king scallops in any part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland other than in Scottish inshore waters, the fishing boat does not deploy at any time—imore than 10 scallop dredges from each of the port and starboard sides of the fishing boat; oriimore than 20 scallop dredges in total.3For the purposes of paragraph (2), “remote electronic monitoring system” means a remote electronic monitoring system which includes—aa control box or storage box which is capable of housing and storing software and data—iconsisting of recorded images from digital cameras and recorded data from winch sensors and a global positioning system device;iiwhich is capable of storing a minimum of 1000 hours of recorded data; andiiiwhich automatically over-writes the recorded data when the maximum data capacity is reached;ba minimum of 2 digital cameras, each of which—iproduces images of at least 1080 pixels per frame;iiis capable of visually recording fishing and related activities, including all movements related to the setting and hauling of fishing gear; andiiihas a minimum IP Rating of IP66;cwinch sensors which are—iconnected to the winches by which fishing gear can be deployed;iiactivated when the winches are operated; andiiilinked to the digital cameras in such a way that clear recorded images from the point at which the winches are operated can be readily retrieved;da global positioning system device which automatically stores in the control box or storage box, at intervals of a least once every 10 seconds, the following information—ithe fishing boat’s unique identifier;iithe most recent geographical position of the fishing boat, using co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 Datum;iiithe date and time of the fixing of each geographical position of the fishing boat; andivthe speed and course of the fishing boat at that time;ea means of enabling the master to view the recorded data in real time on board the fishing boat on which the system is installed; andfa means of allowing a British sea-fishery officer—ifrom a position inside the wheelhouse of the fishing boat, to extract data held in the control box or storage box; andiito view recorded data on the system from a remote location.4For the purposes of this article—“IP Rating” means ingress protection rating as defined in international standard IEC 60529, setting out degrees of protection by enclosures against harmful ingress of water;“the reference period” means the period beginning with 1 January 2018 and ending with 31 December 2020; and“tow bar” means any device or appliance which is capable of being used for the purpose of fixing or attaching a scallop dredge to a fishing boat for the purpose of enabling such a dredge to be towed by the fishing boat and the length of a tow bar is to be measured in accordance with paragraph (5).5For the purposes of this article, the length of a tow bar is measured by measuring the length of the bar, including those parts of the bar which extend over the wheels, skids or any other devices at each end of the bar which are designed to facilitate its movement.Art. 4 substituted (17.6.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/165), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(2)