The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002

Amendment of the principal Order

3.  In Part II of the Schedule (the Council Regulation) to the principal Order–

(a) after paragraph 6 there is inserted the following entry:–

6A  Article 10

Prohibition on transhipment and landing or retaining on board, of marine organisms where dredges are carried, except where the quantity of marine organisms landed or retained on board consists of at least 95% bivalve molluscs.

The statutory maximum

(b) for the entry in column 2 of paragraph 12, there is substituted–

“Prohibition on the retention and landing of detached crab claws, subject to a maximum percentage for catches made by pots or creels and a maximum weight for catches made by any other fishing gear.”; and

(c) after paragraph 25 there is inserted the following entry:–

25A  Article 29

Prohibition during 2002 of the retention on board or landing of sand eels caught within a specified area.

£50,000