Prohibition of method of fishing3.
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2) below, fishing—
(a)
by any relevant British fishing boat wherever it may be; or
(b)
by any Scottish fishing boat within relevant British fishery limits,
with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.
(2)
Paragraph (1) above shall not apply—
(a)
to any beam trawler;
(b)
to fishing with a trawl having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres—
(i)
in the Fladen area;
(ii)
in ICES VI (Rockall and West of Scotland) south of a line drawn westwards from the east coast of the Sound of Jura at 56° north latitude;
(iii)
in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel); or
(iv)
in ICES IV (North Sea) south of a line drawn eastwards from the east coast of England at 53° north latitude;
(c)
to fishing with any trawl having a mesh size of 100 millimetres or more.