Closed area · Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
No-take zone — all fishing prohibited
The British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre Byelaws 2016 - SI 2016 No. 654 · in force since 2016-06-29
A person commits an offence if that person enters a protected land area, the inner sea area or the protected sea area.
Summary as published in the source dataset. The instrument itself is the authority — follow the link below and read it.
Vessels are named only on cases that read CAUGHT and have been examined by a reviewer. Every other case is linked without a name: most are resolved, and naming a boat on a page about the closure would carry an accusation the assessment does not support.
What a case here means. A CAUGHT case is a reason to look, not a verdict. Each one is judged on three independent factors — was it fishing, here and then; what gear does the vessel actually use; and what was prohibited there at that time — and the weakest of the three decides. Most cases are resolved.
Boundaries and rule summaries come from the published datasets named at the foot of this page and can contain errors; the legislation is the authority. If you believe this closure is described wrongly, tell us at contact@caught.org.uk.
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