Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 1855 (W. 205) of 2003).

The Order prohibits fishing with any trawl other than a single trawl, save in specified circumstances. The prohibition in the 1993 Order related only to fishing for Norway lobsters. The prohibition in this Order is not so confined. The prohibition applies to a British fishing boat in Welsh waters (art. 3(1)). The Order introduces a definition of "single trawl" (article 2(1)). The prohibition does not apply to beam trawlers or to fishing with a trawl having a specified mesh size of not less than 80 millimetres (art. 3(2)). British Sea fishery officers are given certain powers for the purpose of the enforcement of the Order (art. 4). Offences are prescribed by sections 5(1) and (6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c.84) and penalties by section 11 of that Act, as amended by section 24(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29).