The Blue Book
The Blue Book is a consolidated version of UK and EU fisheries legislation. We try to maintain The Blue Book with up-to-date legislation but cannot guarantee that it is up to date at all times.
- Recent updates
- February 2012: Updated E5.05 with new consolidated version, F6.10 and F6.10A with 2012 total allowable catches, consolidated version of H8.16, removed the shading from H8.12A and completely removed H8.48, H8.48A, H8.49 and H8.60
- The Blue Book (PDF 36.5 MB) updated 21 February 2012
- Amendments to The Blue Book in 2012 (PDF 25 KB)
- Amendments to The Blue Book in 2011 (PDF 44 KB)
- The Blue Book amendment sheet (PDF 25 KB)
We have broken The Blue Book down into sections to make it easier to download the part that you need.
- Section A: Principal acts relating to sea fishing (PDF 5.2 MB)
- Section B: Access to British fishery limits by EEC vessels (PDF 10.7 MB)
- Section C: Applicable in the Welsh and Northern Irish zones (PDF 5.9 MB)
- Section E: Technical measures for the conservation of fisheries resources (PDF 7.7 MB)
- Section F: Total allowable catches and quota regulations (PDF 7.4 MB)
- Section G: Deep water, highly migratory species and other measures for the protection of the marine environment (PDF 4.2 MB)
- Section H: Control measures (PDF 10.4 MB)
- Section I: Licensing regulations and restrictions on landing (PDF 3 MB)
- Section J: Environmental legislation (PDF 3.7 MB)
Help with documents
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