The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1990
This Order prohibits, with an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1991–by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man within any part of a sea area described in the Schedule to the Order, orby any British fishing boat registered in any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of such a sea area which lies inside British fishery limits (article 2).