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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
FisHERIES
Made
6th December 2007
Coming into operation
31st January 2008
1. This Order may be cited as the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 31st January 2008.
2. The Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(3) shall be amended as follows—
(1) In Article 3 (Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid)–
for paragraph (3)(d) substitute—
“(d)where sea fish have been caught, the total catch retained on board should comprise of no more than 5% of live weight of common shrimps (Crangon spp), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th December 2007
Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 which regulates the carriage and use of any fishing nets with mesh size between 16 and 31 millimetres, measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/1984 of 23rd July 1984.
Article 3 paragraph (d) is amended to comply with Article 25 paragraph 3 of EC Regulation 850/98 which restricts the quantities of common shrimp and aesop shrimp retained on board a fishing vessel to no more than 5% of the live weight of marine organisms on board.
1967 c.84. 1967 c 84. Section 3 was amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86) section 9(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1), the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 26) section 10(1) and Schedule 1 and the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820)), Article 4 and Schedule 2, paragraph 43(1), (2) and (4). Section 15(3) was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) section 22(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86) section 9(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and S.I. 1999/1820, Schedule 2, paragraph 43(2)(b)
SI 2002/790 Article 3(1) and Schedule, paragraph 3(1)(b) and (m) and (2)
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