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4. Where any fishing gear of a foreign fishing boat(1) is required by section 2(4) of the Act to be stowed while the boat is in any area within British fishery limits, the requirements in accordance with which such gear must be stowed are as follows—
(a)all such fishing gear must be carried wholly inboard;
(b)all nets and trawlboards and weights must be disconnected from their towing or hauling wires or ropes;
(c)all trawlboards and weights must be secured at deck level or carried below deck;
(d)all nets which are on deck or above deck must be securely lashed to some part of the superstructure of the fishing boat.
The term ‘foreign fishing boat’ is defined in section 8 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), as amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), Schedule 13, paragraph 49(a).
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