Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2012 (S.S.I. No. 4 of 2012).

This Order prohibits, subject to certain exceptions and in specified periods, all methods of fishing within certain areas of the Firth of Clyde for purposes of Article 46 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98. The Order applies only to Scottish fishing boats and relevant British fishing boats. The prohibition does not apply to fishing boats that fish within the closed areas exclusively with scallop dredges, creels and (in area 1) trawls used for fishing for Norway lobsters. The Order gives British sea-fishery officers powers to enforce the Order and defines an offence under section 5(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967.