1997 No. 1750
SEA FISHERIES

The Fishery Limits Order 1997

Made
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of July 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(2) of the Fishery Limits Act 19761 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.

This Order may be cited as the Fishery Limits Order 1997 and shall come into force on the date on which the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea2 enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. This date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

2.

It is hereby declared that between Latitude 56° 17' 22"N, Longitude 10° 15' 38"W and Latitude 60° 02' 16"N, Longitude 10° 29' 21"W, British fishery limits extend to the lines specified in the Schedule to this Order.

N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

The lines referred to in Article 2 of the Order are those of the type described in Column 2 joining the co-ordinates on WGS 84 Datum specified in Column 1:

Column 1 Co-ordinates of Latitude and Longitude

Column 2 Line type

1.

56° 17' 22"N

10° 15' 38"W

1–2 Geodesic

2.

56° 23' 05"N

11° 15' 28"W

2–3 Geodesic

3.

56° 21' 12"N

11° 41' 47"W

3–4 Geodesic

4.

56° 21' 10"N

11° 42' 36"W

4–5 Geodesic

5.

56° 21' 06"N

11° 44' 01"W

5–6 Geodesic

6.

56° 20' 48"N

11° 52' 54"W

6–7 Geodesic

7.

56° 23' 28"N

12° 18' 29"W

7–8 Geodesic

8.

56° 27' 34"N

12° 59' 54"W

8–9 Geodesic

9.

56° 34' 47"N

14° 19' 49"W

9–10

arcs of 200 nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the territorial sea of Saint Kilda is measured

10.

57° 00' 00"N

14° 37' 09"W

10–11

11.

57° 52' 22"N

14° 53' 22"W

11–12

12.

58° 30' 00"N

14° 48' 58"W

12–13

13.

59° 00' 00"N

14° 35' 07"W

13–14

14.

59° 40' 54"N

13° 58' 10"W

14–15

15.

60° 09' 01"N

13° 16' 10"W

15–16 Geodesic

16.

60° 07' 47"N

12° 16' 38"W

16–17 Geodesic

17.

60° 04' 34"N

11° 40' 55"W

17–18 Geodesic

18.

60° 02' 16"N

10° 29' 21"W

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings British fishery limits into conformity with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10th December 1982 (Cmnd. 8941).