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The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing Method) (Wales) Order 2012

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1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing Method) (Wales) Order 2012 and it comes into force on 1 November 2012.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

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2.  In this Order—

“bottom towed fishing gear” (“offer pysgota sy'n llusgo'r gwaelod”) means any fishing gear or equipment which is capable of being towed, dragged or moved along the seabed including, but not limited to, any fishing dredge, beam trawl or otter trawl;

“co-ordinate” (“cyfesuryn”) means a co-ordinate of latitude and longitude given in degrees, minutes and decimal fractions of a minute on the World Geodetic System 1984;

“specified sea areas” (“ardaloedd môr penodedig”) means the areas described in the Schedule to this Order; and

“Wales” (“Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006(1).

Prohibition

3.—(1) Fishing for sea fish within the specified sea areas using bottom towed fishing gear is hereby prohibited.

(2) All bottom towed fishing gear must be inboard, stowed and secured when any fishing boat is within the specified sea areas.

Revocation and Consequential Amendment

4.—(1) Byelaw 21 (Prohibition of Bottom Towed Fishing Gear)(2) of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee(3) is revoked in relation to Wales.

(2) In the Table in Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010(4) the row relating to Byelaw 21 is deleted.

Alun Davies

Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, under authority of the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, one of the Welsh Ministers

10 October 2012

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