Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Landing of cod at a designated port

11.—(1) The person in charge of a British or foreign fishing boat which lands cod in Northern Ireland in contravention of point 17 of Annex V during the Annex V year is guilty of an offence.

(2) If, in the circumstances to which point 20 of Annex V applies, cod is first landed from a fishing boat in a port within Northern Ireland designated as specified in paragraph (3), it is required that a representative sample, as called for by that point, shall be weighed in the presence of a British sea-fishery officer prior to being offered for first sale, unless the following conditions are met –

(a) the fishing boat is party to an arrangement made among fishing boats using the port with a person or organisation to act as their controller for the purposes of that point; and

(b) details of the arrangement, and the fishing boats which are party to it, have been notified to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

and the person in charge of a fishing boat from which cod is offered for first sale during the Annex V year in contravention of that requirement is guilty of an offence.

(3) For landings in Northern Ireland, the ports, and where applicable the landing locations within them, designated for the purposes of paragraph 17 of Annex V are listed in the Schedule.