The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1987
This Order prohibits, with an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) —by any British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man within any part of a sea area specified 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).