
1 
This Order may be cited as the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Solway Firth) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into force on 15th September 2011.
2 

(1) Fishing for cockles (Cerastoderma edule), by any method or means, is prohibited in the Solway Firth.
(2) In paragraph (1), “the Solway Firth” means 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.
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The prohibition in article 2(1) does not apply to fishing for cockles by, or authorised by, the Scottish Ministers for the purpose of scientific investigation.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th September 2011