Herring in the Firth of Clyde - setting the total allowable catch for 2024: consultation

Footnotes

1 This condition was included previously in EU Council Reg. No. 850/98 Article 20. This Regulation is no longer in force, and the condition is now included in the Clyde herring licence.

2 Vessels are required to land at notified ports. Furthermore vessels are required to enter the Clyde empty with prior notification and to relinquish other herring licences prior to fishing for Clyde herring.

^[2] There is a complete ban on fishing herring from 1 January to 20 April (Council Regulation No. 85/98 Article 20). Furthermore there is a complete ban on all forms of active fishing from 1 February to 1 April on the Ballantrae Bank spawning grounds and a ban on herring fishing between 00:00 Saturday morning and 24:00 Sunday night (both in Scottish Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 276).