Variation issued: Sunday 08 March 2026
Updated 6 March 2026
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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fishing-vessel-licence-variations/variation-issued-sunday-08-march-2026
The variation effective from 00:01hrs Sunday 08 March 2026 is as follows:
1. Removal of condition prohibiting retaining, transhipping or landing spurdog over 100cm in length
- Affecting Over 10m licence categories A (11), A (Islands) (12), A (Pelagic) (17), B (31), C (41), and 10m & Under licence categories A (91), and A (91) (PO)
The condition where it appears in licence schedules as follows has been removed:
X.X It is prohibited to retain, tranship or land specimens over 100cm in length as measured from the end of the tail to the tip of the snout
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