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SEA FISHERIES REGULATION(S) ACT 1895

SEA FISHERIES REGULATION(S) ACT 1895 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the better Regulation of Scottish Sea Fisheries.
[6th July 1895]
Short title.

SEA FISHERIES REGULATION(S) ACT 1895 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as the Sea Fisheries Regulation (Scotland)
Act, 1895, ...

SEA FISHERIES REGULATION(S) ACT 1895 - SECT 10
Restriction as to beam trawling and otter trawling.

10.(1) The Fishery Board may, by byelaw or byelaws, direct that the
methods of fishing known as beam trawling and otter trawling shall
not be used in any area or areas under the jurisdiction of Her
Majesty, within thirteen miles of the Scottish coast, to be defined
in such byelaw, and may from time to time make, alter, and revoke
byelaws for the purposes of this section. Provided that the powers
conferred in this section shall not be exercised in respect to any
areas under Her Majesty's jurisdiction lying opposite to any part of
the coasts of England, Ireland, or the Isle of Man, within thirteen
miles thereof.

(2) No byelaw under this section shall be [made] by the Secretary
for Scotland until he shall have directed a local inquiry to be
held in the district adjoining the part of the sea to be included
in the byelaw; at which inquiry all persons interested shall be
heard, whether resident in the district or not; and notice of such
inquiry shall be sent to all committees of sea fishery districts in
the United Kingdom.

(3) Provided that no area of sea within the said limit of thirteen
miles shall be deemed to be under the jurisdiction of Her Majesty
for the purposes of this section unless the powers conferred thereby
shall have been accepted as binding upon their own subjects with
respect to such area by all the States signatories of the North
Sea Convention, 1882.