Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. No. 261 of 2004).

This Order regulates the carriage and use of any fishing nets within mesh size between 16 and 31 millimeters, measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 129/2003 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size and thickness of twine of fishing nets. The Order implements Article 25 (on the use of veil nets and sorting grids in shrimp fisheries) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms. The Order applies to a Scottish fishing boat wherever it may be and to relevant British fishing boats in the Scottish Zone. The Order prohibits such fishing boats from carrying or using such nets other than in specified circumstances (art. 3). Exceptions are specified. Further The Order prescribes offences and penalties and powers of British sea-fisheries officers for the purposes of enforcing the Order or any equivalent Order.