The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999

Fishing

5.—(1) Any person fishing in the Dockyard Port shall comply with any directions given to him by the Queen’s Harbour Master.

(2) No fishing from any vessel or by persons swimming under the water shall be carried out either within—

(a) 100 metres of the walls, slipways or boundaries of Her Majesty’s Dockyard or other Crown Establishments; or

(b) 150 metres of any of Her Majesty’s vessels,

save with the licence in writing of the Queen’s Harbour Master.

(3) No fishing shall at any time be carried out either—

(a) within 125 metres of either side of the recommended tracks for vessels leading through Plymouth Sound to the Hamoaze shown on current Admiralty charts; or

(b) on the line of any electric cable or pipe as described in regulation 19.

(4) In any area in which anchorage is prohibited under Regulation 22 there shall be no—

(a) trawling or fishing by any nets, long lines or rods;

(b) laying, movement or lifting of lobster or crab pots, marked or unmarked; or

(c) installing of equipment in connection with fish farming

carried out from vessels in the said area.

(5) All lines used in connection with lobster or crab pots or similar devices shall be non-buoyant, and where any line of pots is less than 100 metres in length, only one end need be clearly marked, such mark indicating the identity of the owner of the said pots.

(6) in the navigable channels of the Rivers Plym, Tamar, Tavy and Lynher and of Millbrook and Saint John’s Lakes netting of fish may take place only if—

(a) the nets are tended throughout;

(b) sufficient navigable water is left for other craft to navigate the channel;

(c) anchored vessels are not impeded.