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Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 74 of 1999).

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The Order varies the minimum mesh size of gill and other specified nets which are prohibited in the specified area, from 65 millimetres to 71 millimetres (art. 2(1)). This brings the mesh size range for the gill nets and other nets covered by this Order into line with the mesh size ranges of gill nets which are governed by Council Regulation (EC) 850/98. The Order also reduces the area in which the derogation from the prohibition on the use of gill and other specified nets of certain mesh sizes
Title
Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 74 of 1999).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
1999
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
fishing method
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
HTML icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/html/uk15681.htm
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Implements
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (Chapter 84).