The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000

Articles 2(1) and 4(1)

SCHEDULE S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION MEASURES (MAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. in force at 31.3.2000, see art. 1(1)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Community conservation measure	Subject matter	Maximum fine on summary conviction
I. Regulation 894/97
Article 11	Provisions relating to drift nets	The statutory maximum
II. The Council Regulation
1.  Article 4, as read with Articles 5 and 10	Provisions relating to mesh sizes and target species and required catch percentages when using towed gears(1).	The statutory maximum
2.  Article 5.3	Prohibition on transhipment without completing a logbook in accordance with the provisions of [F1 Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation 1224/2009].	£50,000
3.  Article 6	Limitation on the maximum number of meshes in certain towed gear.	The statutory maximum
4.  Article 7	Provisions relating to the inclusion and placement of square mesh panels in specified towed gear.	The statutory maximum
5.  Article 8.1 and 8.2, as read with Article 8.3	Limitation on the twine thickness of towed gears.	The statutory maximum
6.  Article 9.1, as read with Article 9.2	Prohibition on the carriage or use of towed gears constructed wholly or in part of netting other than types specified.	The statutory maximum
[F2 6A.   Article 10	Prohibition on transhipment and landing or retaining on board, of marine organisms where dredges are carried, except where the quantity of marine organisms landed or retained on board consists of at least 95% bivalve molluscs.	The statutory maximum]
7.  Article 11, as read with Articles 12 and 13	Limitations on the use or keeping on board of specified fixed gear(2).	The statutory maximum.
8.  Article 14	Requirement to sort catches immediately after removal from nets.	The statutory maximum
9.  Article15	Prohibition on the landing or retention of fish in excess of specified percentages.	The statutory maximum
10.  Article16	Prohibition on devices that obstruct nets.	The statutory maximum
11.  Article 18.3	Prohibition on the retention and landing of lobsters, crawfish and molluscs unless they are whole.	The statutory maximum
12.  Article 18.4	[F3 Prohibition on the retention and landing of detached crab claws, subject to a maximum percentage for catches made by pots or creels and a maximum weight for catches made by any other fishing gear.]	The statutory maximum
13.  Article 19.1, as read with Articles 17, 18.1 and 18.2, 19.2 and 19.3 F4 ...	Prohibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of undersized fish(3).	The statutory maximum
14.  Article 20.1, as read with Article 20.2 and 20.3	Prohibition on fishing for herring in specified waters during specified times.	£50,000
15.  Article 21.1, as read with Article 21.2	Prohibition on fishing for sprat in specified waters during specified times.	£50,000
16.  Article 22.1, as read with Article 22.2 and 22.3	Prohibition on fishing for mackerel in specified waters during specified times.	£50,000
17.  Article 23.1	Prohibition on fishing for anchovy with, and the retention on board of anchovy caught using, pelagic trawls in ICES Division VIIIc.	£50,000
18.  Article 23.2	Prohibition on the simultaneous carrying on board of pelagic trawls and purse seines and in ICES Division VIIIc .	The statutory maximum
19.  F5 . . .	F5 . . .	F5 . . .
20.  Article 25.1, as read with Article 25.2 and 25.3	Prohibition on retaining on board shrimps caught with specified gear.	£50,000
21.  Article 26.1 as read with Article 26.2	Prohibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of salmon and sea trout caught using towed gears or within specified waters.	The statutory maximum
22.  Article 27.1, as read with Article 27.2	Prohibition on the retention on board of Norway pout caught using towed gears in specified waters.	£50,000
23.  Article 28.1	Prohibition on fishing for hake in specified waters during specified times.	£50,000
24.  Article 28.2	Prohibition on the carriage of specified gear in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in [F6 Article 47 of Regulation 1224/2009].	The statutory maximum
25.  Article 29	Restrictions on the fishing for plaice by certain vessels using specified gear in specified waters.	£50,000
[F7 25A.   Article 29	Prohibition during 2002 of the retention on board or landing of sand eels caught within a specified area.	£50,000]
26.  Article 30.1	Provisions relating to the use of demersal towed gears.	The statutory maximum
27.  Article 30.2 and 30.3	Prohibition on the use of certain towed gear in specified waters off the north-east coast of the United Kingdom and in ICES areas Vb and VI. Prohibition on the carriage of certain towed gears in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in [F8 Article 47 of Regulation 1224/2009]	The statutory maximum
28.  Article 31.1 and 31.2 F9 ...	Prohibition on the use of explosives, stupefying substances or electric current for fishing. Prohibition on the sale, display or offer for sale of any marine organisms caught using methods incorporating the use of any kind of projectile.	The statutory maximum
29.  Article 32.1, as read with Article 32.2 and 32.3	Provisions relating to the use of automatic grading equipment.	The statutory maximum
30.  F10 . . .	F10 . . .	F10 . . .
31.  Article 34	Restrictions on the use of beam trawls within 12 miles of the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.	The statutory maximum
32.  F10 . . .	F10 . . .	F10 . . .
33.  Article 36	Prohibition on the landing, retention on board, transhipment, storage, transport, sale, display or offer for sale of salmon and sea trout caught within any part of the Skagerrak and Kattegat situated outside the four-mile limit measured from thebaselines of Member States.	£50,000
34.  Article 37.1, as read with Article 37.2	Limitations on the use of certain trawls within 3 miles of the baselines in the Skagerrak and Kattegat between 1 July and 15 September.	£50,000
35.  F10 . . .	F10 . . .	F10 . . .
36.  Article 39	Prohibition on the use of beam trawls in the Kattegat.	£50,000
37.  Article 40	Prohibition, during the periods and in the areas referred to in Articles 37, 38 and 39 of the Council Regulation where trawls or beam trawls may not be used, on carrying on board such nets unless they are lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in [F11 Article 47 of Regulation 1224/2009].	The statutory maximum
38.  Article 42.1, as read with Article 42.2	Prohibition on the physical or chemical processing, or transhipment for processing, of fish (except offal) on board a fishing vessel to produce fish-meal, fish-oil, or similar products.	The statutory maximum
[F12 III Regulation 2549/2000
1.   Article 2.1 as read with Article 3	Provisions as to the use of multiple-twine netting within a cod-end or extension piece incorporated into a demersal towed net.	The statutory maximum
2.   Article 2.2 as read with Article 3	Provisions as to twine thickness in relation to cod-end or extension piece incorporated into a demersal towed net.	The statutory maximum
3.   Article 2.3	Provisions as to the circumference of a cod-end of mesh size range 70 to 79mm or 80 to 89mm.	The statutory maximum
4.   Article 2.4	Provisions as to the construction of a demersal towed net incorporating quadrilateral mesh.	The statutory maximum
5.   Article 2.5 as read with Article 3.1 of Regulation 254/2002	Provisions as to the construction of a demersal towed net of mesh size range 70 to 79mm or 80 to 99mm requiring the insertion of a panel of diamond-meshed netting of a minimum mesh size of 140mm.	The statutory maximum
6.   Article 2.6 as read with Article 3.2 of Regulation 254/2002	Provisions as to the construction of a beam trawl of mesh size range 70 to 79mm or 80 to 99mm requiring the insertion of a panel of diamond-meshed netting of a minimum mesh size of 180mm.	The statutory maximum
7.   Article 2.7 as read with Article 3.1 of Regulation 254/2002	Provision as to the fitting of a square mesh panel of mesh size of at least 80mm in a demersal towed net of a mesh size range 80 to 99mm.	The statutory maximum
8.   Article 2.8	Provisions as to the method of attachment of a cod-end of mesh size less than 100mm.	The statutory maximum
IV Regulation 2056/2001
1.   Article 4.1	Provisions as to catch composition for nets with a mesh size in the range of 70 to 79mm to the west of Scotland.	The statutory maximum
2.   Article 4.2	Provisions as to catch composition for nets with a mesh size in the range 80 to 109mm in a specified area in the North Sea.	The statutory maximum
3.   Article 4.3	Provisions as to catch composition for nets with a mesh size in the range 100 to 109mm to the west of Scotland.	The statutory maximum
4.   Article 4.4	Provisions as to catch composition for nets with a mesh size in the range 110 to 119mm to the west of Scotland and, during 2002 only, in the North Sea and to the West of Scotland.	The statutory maximum
5.   Article 4.5	Provisions relating to the construction of and catch composition required for nets with a mesh size in the range 100 to 119mm.	The statutory maximum
6.   Article 4.6 as read with Articles 4.1–4.5	Provisions relating to a maximum by-catch of cod, for nets with mesh size in the range 32-119mm.	The statutory maximum
7.   Article 5.1.i	Provisions relating to mesh construction of demersal towed nets.	The statutory maximum
8.   Article 5.1.ii	Provisions relating to the length of a combined cod-end and extension piece for demersal towed nets, with a mesh size greater than or equal to 70mm.	The statutory maximum
9.   Article 5.1.iii	Provisions relating to construction of cod-end and extension pieces of demersal towed nets.	The statutory maximum
10.   Article 5.1.iv	Provisions relating to the type of netting material used in demersal towed nets.	The statutory maximum
11.   Article 5.1.v	Provisions relating to the attachment of the cod-end in demersal towed nets.	The statutory maximum
12.   Article 5.1.vi	Limitations on twine thickness, used in the construction of a demersal towed net of a mesh size equal to, or greater than, 55mm.	The statutory maximum
13.   Article 5.2.i	Limitation on the maximum number of meshes in demersal towed nets with a mesh size in the range 70 to 89mm.	The statutory maximum
14.   Article 5.2.iii	Provisions relating to the construction of demersal towed nets with a mesh size in the range 70 to 99mm.	The statutory maximum
15.   Article 5.2.iv	Provisions as to the fitting of a square mesh panel in a demersal towed net of 70 to 99mm.	The statutory maximum
16.   Article 5.3	Provisions relating to the construction of beam trawl nets.	The statutory maximum
17.   Article 6.1 as read with 6.2	Prohibitions relating to the geographical areas within which beam trawls with a mesh size within a certain range may be used.	The statutory maximum
18.   Article 6.3	Prohibitions relating to the carriage of certain beam trawls, within a specified geographical area.	The statutory maximum
19.   Article 7	Provisions as to the catch composition for fixed gears of a mesh size less than 140mm.	The statutory maximum
20.   Article 8.1	Prohibition relating to deployment of certain towed nets in a specified area, and provision as to catch composition.	The statutory maximum]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. substituted (28.3.2019) by The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(a)

F2 Sch. Table Pt. 2 para. 6A inserted (26.3.2002) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/81), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

F3 Words in sch. Table Pt. 2 para. 12 substituted (26.3.2002) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/81), arts. 1(1), 3(b)

F4 Words in sch. omitted (28.3.2019) by virtue of The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(b)

F5 Words in sch. omitted (28.3.2019) by virtue of The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(c)

F6 Words in sch. substituted (28.3.2019) by The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(d)

F7 Sch. Table Pt. 2 para. 25A inserted (26.3.2002) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/81), arts. 1(1), 3(c)

F8 Words in sch. substituted (28.3.2019) by The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(e)

F9 Words in sch. omitted (28.3.2019) by virtue of The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(f)

F10 Words in sch. omitted (28.3.2019) by virtue of The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(g)

F11 Words in sch. substituted (28.3.2019) by The Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/69), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(h)

F12 Sch. Table Pts. 3, 4 inserted (26.3.2002) by The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/81), art. 1(1), sch.

(1)

Provisions relating to the Skaggerak and Kattegat subject to Council Regulation 2742/99 (O.J. No. L431, 13.12.99, p.1), Article 9 and Annex V, paragraph 8 during 2000.

(2)

Provisions in relation to sole subject to Council Regulation 2742/99 (O.J. No. L431, 13.12.99, p.1), Article 9 and Annex V, paragraph 6 during 2000.

(3)

Prohibitions in relation to plaice subject to Council Regulation 2742/99 (O.J. No. L431, 13.12.99, p.1), Article 9 and Annex V, paragraph 9 during 2000.