SCHEDULE 1
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC WATERS
All waters, except territorial waters, bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Rhode Island in 71° 40′ west longitude; thence due south to 39° 00′ north latitude; thence due east to...
Salmon and Migratory Trout (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/1966 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 1966
SEA FISHERIESLANDING AND SALE OF SEA FISH
The Salmon and Migratory Trout (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1972
Made 14th December 1972
Laid before Parliament 20th December 1972
Coming into Operation 15th February 1973
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Northern Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry1, hereby make the following order:—
Citation and Commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Salmon and Migratory Trout (Restrictions on Landing) Order 1972 and shall come into operation on 15th February 1973.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order—
“” means ;
“” in relation to salmon and migratory trout means and “” ;
“” means ;
“” means ;
“” means2;
“” means3;
“” means .
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament
Prohibition of Landings
3. There is hereby prohibited the landing in Great Britain during the period from 15th February 1973 to 14th February 1983, both days inclusive, of:—
(a) salmon caught in North-West Atlantic waters;
(b) salmon and migratory trout caught in North-East Atlantic waters;
(c) salmon and migratory trout caught by a specified method in the Northern part of British fishery limits;
(d) salmon and migratory trout caught in the waters described in Schedule 4 to this order subject to the provisions of Article 4 of this order.
Exemption from prohibition on Landings
4. Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Article 3 of this order, it shall be lawful to land in Great Britain salmon and migratory trout caught in:
(i) waters within so much of the exclusive fishery limits adjacent to England and Wales as are included in the waters described in Part I of Schedule 4 to this order; and
(ii) waters described in Part II of Schedule 4 to this order,
Joseph Godber
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Gordon Campbell
Secretary of State for Scotland
13th December 1972
W.S.I. Whitelaw
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
14th December 1972
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