Shrimp Fishing Nets Order 2002 (S.I. No. 2870 of 2002).

This Order regulates the carriage and use of any fishing nets with mesh size between 16 and 31 millimetres. It sets out the national provisions called for by Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 by specifying veil nets and sorting grids as the types of device required to be used. The Order does not apply to Scottish fishing boats in the Scottish zone or outside British fishery limits, to Northern Ireland boats in the Northern Ireland zone or outside British fishery limits or to any boats in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales. The Order prohibits all other British fishing boats from carrying or using such nets other than in certain specified circumstances. Exceptions are defined.