The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/74
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 15th February 1999.

Section 2 Variation

(1) The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989 shall be varied in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.

(2) In paragraph (1)(a) of article 2 for the words “65 millimetres” there shall be substituted the words “71 millimetres”.

(3) For paragraph (b) of article 3 there shall be substituted the following new paragraph:

(b) The carriage of drift nets, beach seines, and ring nets or the use of such nets where they are attended in that area of sea bounded by a line beginning at the southernmost point of Portland Bill (002°27'18" west longitude); thence due south to 050°30'00" north latitude; thence due east to 000°47'06" west longitude; thence due north to the southernmost tip of Selsey Bill.