Requirement to stow fishing gear
- Stow fishing gear securely when in a protected area
Scottish Statutory Instrument
2025
United Kingdom
The Offshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2025
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Prohibited methods of fishing in the Braemar Pockmarks Special Area of Conservation
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Central Fladen Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Darwin Mounds Special Area of Conservation
Prohibited methods of fishing in the East of Gannet and Montrose Fields Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the East Rockall Bank Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Faroe-Shetland Sponge Belt Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Firth of Forth Banks Complex Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the North-east Faroe-Shetland Channel Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the North West Rockall Bank Protected Area
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Norwegian Boundary Sediment Plain Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Pobie Bank Reef Protected Area
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Scanner Pockmarks Special Area of Conservation
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Solan Bank Reef Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the Stanton Banks Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in The Barra Fan and Hebrides Terrace Seamount Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in the West of Scotland Marine Protected Area
Prohibited methods of fishing in the West Shetland Shelf Protected Areas
Prohibited methods of fishing in Wyville Thomson Ridge Protected Areas
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