The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2015
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.22) empowers EU member States to adopt conservation measures which are necessary for compliance with obligations under EU environmental legislation. This Order prohibits, subject to certain exceptions where applicable, specified methods of fishing within specified areas which have been designated as a Special Area of Conservation or as a Marine Protected Area.