The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures) Order 2000 No. 827

Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear

8.—(1) This article applies–

(a) in England and Northern Ireland;

(b) to any relevant British fishing boat wherever it may be; and

(c) to any other fishing boat which is within relevant British fishery limits.

(2) Where this article applies, a British sea-fishery officer may seize–

(a) any fish (including any receptacle which contains the fish) in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that a relevant offence has been committed; and

(b) any net or other fishing gear which he has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used in the course of the commission of a relevant offence.