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

1. The size of any fish shall be measured, as shown in Figure 1, from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin. U.K.

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.

3. The size of a lobster[F1 or crawfish] from Regions 1 to 5 except Skagerrak/Kattegat shall be measured as shown in Figure 3, as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace. U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Council Regulation (EC) No 724/2001 of 4 April 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms.

4. The size of a lobster from Skagerrak or Kattegat shall be measured as shown in Figure 3: 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.

[F2 5.

(a)

The size of a spinous spider crab shall be measured, as shown in Figure 4A, as the length of the carapace, along the midline, from the edge of the carapace between the rostrums to the posterior edge of the carapace.

(b)

The size of an edible crab shall be measured, as shown in Figure 4B as the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999 of 8 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms.

6. The size of any bivalve mollusc shall be measured as shown in Figure 5, across the longest part of the shell. U.K.

7. The size of a whelk shall be measured as shown in Figure 6 as the length of the shell. U.K.

[F3 8. The size of a crawfish shall be measured as shown in Figure 7 as the length of the carapace from the tip of the rostrum to the midpoint of the distal edge of the carapace.] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 724/2001 of 4 April 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms.

(a)

Carapace length

(b)

Overall length