Sea Fish Licensing Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. No. 61 of 2019).

This Order makes provision about the licensing of fishing boats from outside the UK when fishing in the Northern Ireland zone. It requires foreign fishing boats fishing in the Northern Ireland zone to have a licence. “Foreign fishing boat” means a fishing boat that— (a) is not registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; (b) is not registered under the law of Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man; and (c) is not British-owned. The Order also requires non-British-owned boats registered in the Crown Dependencies that are fishing within the Northern Ireland zone to have a licence. The requirement does not apply to fishing boats registered in the Crown Dependencies which are British-owned as these are already required to be licenced under the Sea Fish Licensing Order 1992. Licences shall be granted by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.