Fisheries Act 2020

Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000

4 (1) The Lobsters and Crawfish (Prohibition of Fishing and Landing) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/874) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3 (fishing prohibition)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), omit “relevant British”;

(b) omit paragraph (3).

(3) In article 4 (landing prohibition)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “wherever caught”;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “applies” insert “(wherever caught)”;

(c) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) The landing in England or Northern Ireland from a foreign fishing boat of any sea fish to which this article applies that were caught in waters lying within British fishery limits is prohibited.”

(4) In article 4A (berried lobsters and crawfish), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “any fishing boat”.

(5) In article 5 (powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) a relevant British fishing boat that is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, wherever it may be; and

(b) any other fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.”