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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1), 15(3) and 22(2)(a) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 11th December 2000. Interpretation 2. - (1) In this Order-
(2) Any reference in this Order-
(b) to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument and any amendment of such instrument in force on the date this Order is made.
Prohibition of method of fishing
(b) by any relevant British fishing boat within the Scottish zone,
with any trawl other than a single trawl is prohibited.
(b) to fishing with a trawl having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres in the Fladen area; (c) to fishing with a trawl having a mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres-
(ii) in ICES VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel); or (iii) in ICES IV south of a line drawn eastwards from the east coast of England at 53° north latitude; and
(d) to fishing with any trawl having a mesh size of 100 millimetres or more.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats
(b) any relevant British fishing boat in the Scottish zone,
the powers conferred by this article.
(b) may require any person on board the boat to produce any document relating to the boat, to its fishing operations or other operations ancillary thereto or to the persons on board which is in their custody or possession and maytake copies of any such document; (c) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the master, owner or charterer of the boat has committed an offence under section 5(1) or (6) of the Act[10] as read with this Order or any equivalent Order, may search the boat for any such document and may require any person on board the boat to do anything which appears to the officer to be necessary for facilitating the search; and (d) where the boat is one in relation to which the officer has reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, may seize and detain any such document produced to the officer or found on board for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence,
but nothing in sub-paragraph (d) shall permit any document required by law to be carried on board the boat to be seized and detained except while the boat is detained in a port.
(b) detain or require the master to detain the boat in the port.
(5) Where the officer detains or requires the detention of a boat under this article the officer shall serve on the master a notice in writing stating that the boat will be or is required to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by a British sea-fishery officer. ICES Statistical Sub-Area IV (North Sea) The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway in 62° 00' north latitude; thence due west to 4° 00' west longitude; thence due south to the coast of Scotland; thence in an easterly and southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point in 51° 00' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of France; thence in a north easterly direction along the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany to the western terminus of its boundary with Denmark; thence along the west coast of Jutland to Thyboron; thence in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; thence across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; thence in a westerly direction along the north coast of Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; thence in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to a point in 57° 00' north latitude; thence due west to 8° 00' east longitude; thence due north to 57° 30' north latitude; thence due west to 7° 00' east longitude; thence due north to the coast of Norway; thence in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning. ICES Statistical Sub-Area VI (West of Scotland) The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north coast of Scotland in 4° 00' west longitude; thence due north to 60° 30' north latitude; thence due west to 5° 00' west longitude; thence due south to 60° 00' north latitude; thence due west to 18° 00' west longitude; thence due south to 54° 30' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of the Republic of Ireland; thence in a northerly and easterly direction along the coasts of the Republic of Ireland and of Northern Ireland to a point on the east coast of Northern Ireland in 55° 00' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of Scotland; thence in a northerly direction along the west coast of Scotland to the point of beginning. ICES Statistical Sub-Area VII (Irish Sea, West of Ireland and Porcupine Bank, South Coast of Ireland, Bristol Channel and English Channel) The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland in 54° 30' north latitude; thence due west to 18° 00' west longitude; thence due south to 48° 00' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of France; thence in a northerly and north-easterly direction along the coast of France to a point in 51° 00' north latitude; thence due west to the south-east coast of England; thence in a westerly and northerly direction along the coasts of England, Wales and Scotland to a point on the west coast of Scotland in 55° 00' north latitude; thence due west to the coast of Northern Ireland; thence in a northerly and westerly direction along the coasts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to the point of beginning. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order re-enacts with amendments the Prohibition of Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/226) ("the 2000 Order") which contained defects identified in a report by the Subordinate Legislation Committee (32nd Report 2000, 19th September 2000, SP Paper 179). The Order provides for stricter measures for the management and conservation of stocks pursuant to Article 46 of Council Regulation (EC) 850/98 of 30th March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (O.J. No. L 125, 27.4.98, p.1.) ("Regulation 850/98"). The Order forms part of the law of Scotland only. The Order prohibits fishing with any trawl other than a single trawl. The prohibition applies to a Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be and to any other British fishing boat within the Scottish zone (article 3 (1)). The Order introduces a definition of "single trawl" (article 2(1)). The prohibition does not apply to beam trawlers, to fishing in certain areas with a trawl having a specified mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres or to fishing in any area with a trawl having a mesh size of 100 millimetres or more (article 3(2)). This Order applies the exception to "the Fladen area" (article 2(1)). In the Fladen area there is introduced a minimum mesh size of 80 millimetres for any trawl other than a single trawl (article 3(2)(b)). (Regulation 850/98 provides for a mesh size of 70 millimetres.) British Sea fishery officers are given certain enforcement powers for the purpose of the enforcement of the Order (article 4). The 2000 Order is revoked (article 5). Offences are prescribed by sections 5(1) and (6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c.84) and penalties by section 11 of that Act, as amended by section 24(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29). [1] 1967 c.84; section 5(1) was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 22(1); section 15(3) was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86) Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1). Relevant modifications are contained in the Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1748), article 5 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1756), articles 3, 5 and 6. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 22(2)(a) which contains a definition of "the Ministers" for the purposes of section 5 and 15(3) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981, sections 19(2)(d) and 45(b). The definition has effect in relation to Scotland with the modifications made by section 22A(12)(b) inserted by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820); Schedule 2, paragraph 43(13).back [2] O.J. No. L 125, 27.4.98, p.1.back [3] O.J. No. L 318, 27.11.98, p.63.back [4] O.J. No. L 38, 12.2.99, p.6.back [5] O.J. No. L 168, 3.7.99, p.1.back [6] O.J. No. L 328, 22.12.99, p.9.back [7] O.J. No. L 100, 20.4.00, p.3.back [8] O.J. No. L 148, 22.6.00, p.1.back [10] Subsection (6) was amended by section 22(2) of the Fisheries Act 1981. By virtue of subsection (7), where subsection (6) is not complied with in the case of any fishing boat, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are guilty of an offence under that subsection.back
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