Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (repealed) (c. 850)

ANNEX XIII U.K. MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A MARINE ORGANISM

2. The size of a Norway lobster shall be measured as shown in Figure 2: U.K.

• as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace, and/or,

• as the total length, from the tip of the rostrum to the rear end of the telson, not including the setae, and/or,

• in the case of detached Norway lobster tails: from the front edge of the first tail segment present to the rear end of the telson, not including the setae. The tail shall be measured flat, unstretched and on the dorsal side.