The Cod and Saithe (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1993
The Order prohibits, subject to exceptions, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) or saithe (Pollachius virens) during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1 January 1994 —by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom within any part of the sea area ICES IIa or IV specified in the Schedule to the Order, orby any British fishing boat registered in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or by any British-owned fishing boat within any part of such a sea area which lies within British fishery limits (article 2).