The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 4 Legislation concerning fisheries

Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989

19.  In article 2(2) of the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989(1), for the words from “determined by” to the end, substitute “measured in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets(2)”.

Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001

20.  In the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) Order 2001(3), for article 5 substitute—

“Measurement of mesh size of nets

5.   For the purposes of this Order, the mesh size of nets shall be measured in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 517/2008.”.

Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012

21.  In article 5(3) of the Scallop Fishing (England) Order 2012(4), at the end insert “, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)”.

Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018

22.  In the Schedule to the Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018(6), in the first column—

(a) for “Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters” substitute “Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters(7)”;

(b) in the entries relating to that Regulation—

(i) for “Article 9(1), (2) and (3)” substitute “Article 10(1), (2) and (3)”;

(ii) for “Article 9(4)” substitute “Article 10(4)”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1284, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

OJ L 151, 11.6.2008, p.5.

(3)

S.I. 2001/649, as amended by S.I. 2018/942; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.

(4)

S.I. 2012/2283.

(5)

OJ L133, 29.5.2015, p.1, as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ L319, 4.12.2015, p.21).

(6)

S.I. 2018/849.

(7)

OJ L 29, 31.1.2019, p.1.