
1 
This Order may be cited as the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 12th November 2006.
2 
Subject to articles 3 and 4, fishing for cockles (Cerastoderma edule) from or by means of any vehicle in Scottish inshore waters is prohibited.
3 
The prohibition in article 2 shall not apply to fishing for cockles within that part of Scottish inshore waters which lies within the area bounded by the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, by a straight line extending due east from the Isle of Whithorn at a point at 54°41'46" North latitude and 04°22'00" West longitude and by the line referred to in article 3(b)(i) of the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999.
4 
The prohibition in article 2 shall not apply to fishing for cockles by, or authorised by, the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of scientific investigation.
5 
The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2006 is revoked.
ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th October 2006