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Bass Nursery Areas
There are restrictions on fishing for bass in nursery areas at certain times of year, which apply to both commercial and recreational fishers.
The Bass (Specified Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1999 sets out the following prohibition for fishing in Bass Nursery Areas:
"Fishing for bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), or fishing for any species of sea-fish using sand-eels (Ammodytidae) as bait, by any fishing boat within any part of the areas described in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is prohibited during the period specified in relation to each area in column 2 thereof."
Within the Southern IFC District, the areas and specified periods for which the prohibition applies are as follows:
Chichester Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Langstone Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Portsmouth Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Southampton Water Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
Fawley Power Station Prohibition applies all year
Poole Harbour Prohibition applies between 30 April and 1 November
The Fleet Prohibition applies all year