The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Western Isles) (Scotland) Order 2009
The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Western Isles) (Scotland) Order 2009
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Type: Scottish Statutory Instrument
Year: 2009
Number: 444
Made: 2009-12-17
Coming into force: 2010-01-25
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
Article 2 of the Order prohibits, subject to the exception in article 3, fishing for cockles (Cerastoderma edule) which are less than 30mm in size in the Scottish inshore waters specified in article 1(2). An illustrative map showing the specified area accompanies this Note. “Scottish inshore waters” is defined in section 9(1) of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984.
Article 3 exempts from the prohibition in article 2, fishing for cockles which are less than 30mm in size when such fishing is by, or authorised by, the Scottish Ministers for the purpose of scientific investigation.
The Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to this Order is available from Marine Scotland, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY.
Other SSIs from 2009
- The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 — SSI 2009/445
- The Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 2009 — SSI 2009/443
- The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 — SSI 2009/446