The Offshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Braemar Pockmarks Special Area of Conservation

5. 4. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Central Fladen Protected Areas

6. 5. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Darwin Mounds Special Area of Conservation

7. 6. Prohibited methods of fishing in the East of Gannet and Montrose Fields Protected Areas

8. 7. Prohibited methods of fishing in the East Rockall Bank Protected Areas

9. 8. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt Protected Areas

10. 9. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Firth of Forth Banks Complex Protected Areas

11. 10. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope Protected Areas

12. 11. Prohibited methods of fishing in the North-east Faroe-Shetland Channel Protected Areas

13. 12. Prohibited methods of fishing in the North West Rockall Bank Protected Area

14. 13. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain Protected Areas

15. 14. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Pobie Bank Reef Protected Area

16. 15. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Scanner Pockmarks Special Area of Conservation

17. 16. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Solan Bank Reef Protected Areas

18. 17. Prohibited methods of fishing in the Stanton Banks Protected Areas

19. 18. Prohibited methods of fishing in The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount Protected Areas

20. 19. Prohibited methods of fishing in the West of Scotland Marine Protected Area

21. 20. Prohibited methods of fishing in the West Shetland Shelf Protected Areas

22. 21. Prohibited methods of fishing in Wyville Thomson Ridge Protected Areas

23. 22. Requirement to stow fishing gear

24. Signature

25. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       BRAEMAR POCKMARKS SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATION

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       CENTRAL FLADEN PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 CENTRAL FLADEN FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 CENTRAL FLADEN SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       DARWIN MOUNDS SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATION

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       EAST OF GANNET AND MONTROSE FIELDS PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 EAST OF GANNNET AND MONTROSE FIELDS FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 EAST OF GANNNET AND MONTROSE FIELDS SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       EAST ROCKALL BANK PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 EAST ROCKALL BANK FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 EAST ROCKALL BANK SECOND PROTECTED AREA

       3. PART 3 EAST ROCKALL BANK THIRD PROTECTED AREA

       4. PART 4 EAST ROCKALL BANK FOURTH PROTECTED AREA

       5. PART 5 EAST ROCKALL BANK FIFTH PROTECTED AREA

       6. PART 6

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       FAROE-SHETLAND SPONGE BELT PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 FAROE-SHETLAND SPONGE BELT FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 FAROE-SHETLAND SPONGE BELT SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       FIRTH OF FORTH BANKS COMPLEX PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 FIRTH OF FORTH BANKS COMPLEX FIRST PROTECTED AREA (BERWICK BANK)

       2. PART 2 FIRTH OF FORTH BANKS COMPLEX SECOND PROTECTED AREA (SCALP BANK AND WEE BANKIE)

       3. PART 3 FIRTH OF FORTH BANKS COMPLEX THIRD PROTECTED AREA (MONTROSE BANK)

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       GEIKIE SLIDE AND HEBRIDEAN SLOPE PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 GEIKIE SLIDE AND HEBRIDEAN SLOPE FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 GEIKIE SLIDE AND HEBRIDEAN SLOPE SECOND PROTECTED AREA

       3. PART 3 GEIKIE SLIDE AND HEBRIDEAN SLOPE THIRD PROTECTED AREA

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       NORTH-EAST FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL PROTECTED AREAS

       1. PART 1 NORTH-EAST FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL FIRST PROTECTED AREA

       2. PART 2 NORTH-EAST FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        NORTH WEST ROCKALL BANK PROTECTED AREA

    11. SCHEDULE 11

        NORWEGIAN BOUNDARY SEDIMENT PLAIN PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 NORWEGIAN BOUNDARY SEDIMENT PLAIN FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 NORWEGIAN BOUNDARY SEDIMENT PLAIN SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    12. SCHEDULE 12

        POBIE BANK REEF PROTECTED AREA

    13. SCHEDULE 13

        SCANNER POCKMARK SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATION

    14. SCHEDULE 14

        SOLAN BANK REEF PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 SOLAN BANK REEF FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 SOLAN BANK REEF SECOND PROTECTED AREA

        3. PART 3 SOLAN BANK REEF THIRD PROTECTED AREA

        4. PART 4

        5. PART 5

    15. SCHEDULE 15

        STANTON BANKS PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 STANTON BANKS FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 STANTON BANKS SECOND PROTECTED AREA

        3. PART 3 STANTON BANKS THIRD PROTECTED AREA

    16. SCHEDULE 16

        THE BARRA FAN AND HEBRIDES TERRACE SEAMOUNT PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 THE BARRA FAN AND HEBRIDES TERRACE SEAMOUNT FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 THE BARRA FAN AND HEBRIDES TERRACE SEAMOUNT SECOND PROTECTED AREA

    17. SCHEDULE 17

        WEST OF SCOTLAND MARINE PROTECTED AREA

    18. SCHEDULE 18

        WEST SHETLAND SHELF PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 WEST SHETLAND SHELF FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 WEST SHETLAND SHELF SECOND PROTECTED AREA

        3. PART 3 WEST SHETLAND SHELF THIRD PROTECTED AREA

    19. SCHEDULE 19

        WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE PROTECTED AREAS

        1. PART 1 WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE FIRST PROTECTED AREA

        2. PART 2 WYVILLE THOMSON RIDGE SECOND PROTECTED AREA

26. Explanatory Note