LegalizeThe Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996
Made: 3rd April 1996
Laid before Parliament: 3rd April 1996
Coming into Force: 24th April 1996
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Title and commencement
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Interpretation
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Access to British fisheries
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SCHEDULE 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| ICES area | Description |
| IIa | 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 north to 63°00' north latitude; thence due west to 11°00' west longitude; thence due north to 73°30' north latitude; thence due east to 30°00' east longitude; thence due south to 72°00' north latitude; thence due west to 26°00' east longitude; thence due south to the coast of Norway; thence in a westerly and south-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning. |
| IVa | 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 coast of Scotland to a point in 57°30' north latitude; thence due east 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. |
| IVb | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark 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 the coast of Scotland; thence in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point in 53°30' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of the Federal Republic of Germany; thence in a north-easterly direction along the coast of 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 the point of beginning. |
| IVc | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of the Federal Republic of Germany in 53°30' north latitude; thence due west to the coast of England; thence in a southerly direction 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 point of beginning. |
| Vb | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point 63°00' north latitude, 4°00' west longitude; thence due west to 15°00' west longitude; thence due south to 60°00' north latitude; thence due east to 5°00' west longitude; thence due north to 60°30' north latitude; thence due east to 4°00' west longitude; thence due north to the point of beginning. |
| VI | 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. |
| Part of VIa | That part of ICES division VIA which lies north of 56°30' north latitude. |
| VIb | That part of ICES sub-area VI which lies west of 12°00' west longitude. |
| VII | 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 northerly and westerly direction along the coasts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to the point of beginning. |
| VIId | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of France in 51°00' north latitude; thence due west to the coast of England; thence in a westerly direction along the south coast of England to 2°00' west longitude; thence in a southerly direction to the coast of France at Cape de la Hague; thence in a north-easterly direction along the coast of France to the point of beginning. |
| VIIe | The waters bounded by a line beginning on the south coast of England in 2°00' west longitude; thence in a southerly and westerly direction along the coast of England to a point on the south-west coast in 50°00' north latitude; thence due west to 7°00' west longitude; thence due south to 49°30' north latitude; thence due east to 5°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 Cape de la Hague; thence in a northerly direction to the point of beginning. |
| VIIf | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the south coast of Wales in 5°00' west longitude; thence due south to 51°00' north latitude; thence due west to 6°00' west longitude; thence due south to 50°30' north latitude; thence due west to 7°00' west longitude; thence due south to 50°00' north latitude; thence due east to the coast of England; thence along the south-west coast of England and the south coast of Wales to the point of beginning. |
| VIIh | The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point in 50°00' north latitude and 7°00' west longitude; thence due west to 9°00' west longitude; thence due south to 48°00' north latitude; thence due east to 5°00' west longitude; thence due north to 49°30' north latitude; thence due west to 7°00' west longitude; thence due north to the point of beginning. |
SCHEDULE 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Countries | ICES area (as defined in article 2) | Descriptions of fish |
| Notes“Other white fish by-catches” means by-catchers of fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to the Faroe Islands.“Other species” means fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to Norway, subject to the qualification that catches of sole shall be limited to by-catches.“Combined quota species” means grenadier or rat-tails, mora mora, greater forkbeard.“Dogfish” includes grey shark, black shark, bird-beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. | Notes“Other white fish by-catches” means by-catchers of fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to the Faroe Islands.“Other species” means fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to Norway, subject to the qualification that catches of sole shall be limited to by-catches.“Combined quota species” means grenadier or rat-tails, mora mora, greater forkbeard.“Dogfish” includes grey shark, black shark, bird-beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. | Notes“Other white fish by-catches” means by-catchers of fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to the Faroe Islands.“Other species” means fish of descriptions other than those specified in column 3 in relation to Norway, subject to the qualification that catches of sole shall be limited to by-catches.“Combined quota species” means grenadier or rat-tails, mora mora, greater forkbeard.“Dogfish” includes grey shark, black shark, bird-beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. |
| Faroe Islands | IIa | Herring. |
| IVa, b, c | Horse mackerel, Norway pout, sand eels, sprat, other white fish by-catches (note (a)). | |
| IVa | Mackerel. | |
| Part of VIa | Ling, tusk, blue ling, herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, Norway pout, sprat, blue whiting. | |
| VIb | Ling, tusk, blue ling, blue whiting. | |
| VIIe, f, h | Mackerel, horse mackerel. | |
| All sub-areas and divisions | Porbeagle. | |
| Norway | IIa | Mackerel, blue whiting, argentine, blue ling, ling, tusk, Greenland halibut, herring, other species (note (b)). |
| IVa | All species. | |
| IVb | All species except for mackerel. | |
| IVc | All species except for herring and mackerel. | |
| Vb | Blue ling, ling, tusk, combined quota species (note (c)). | |
| Part of VIa | Mackerel, blue whiting, argentine, herring, Norway pout. | |
| VI | Ling, blue ling, tusk, dogfish (note (d)), basking shark, porbeagle, blue whiting, argentine, Greenland halibut, combined quota species (note (c)). | |
| VII | Blue Ling, ling, tusk, dogfish (note (d)), basking shark, porbeagle, combined quota species (note (c)). | |
| VIId, e, f, h | Mackerel. |
Signed
Tony Baldry — Minister of State, — 1996-03-26
Raymond Robertson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — 1996-03-27
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Rod Richards — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — 1996-04-03
Patrick Mayhew — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — 1996-03-28
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1976 c. 86; see section 8 for the definition of “the Ministers”.
[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.
[^f00003]: Cmnd. 2586.
[^f00004]: “British fishery limits” are the limits set by or under section 1 of the Act.
Editorial notes
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