Carriage of undersized scallopsE+W
5.—(1) For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, scallops measuring less than 110 millimetres may not be carried by a [F1fishing boat] that has fished in both ICES division VIId and ICES division VIIe during a single fishing trip.
(2) In this article, “single fishing trip” means the time from when a fishing boat departs from a port to the time when it returns to a port.
(3) For the purposes of this article, the size of a scallop is measurable in accordance with paragraph 6 of [F2Annex 4 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 18(3)(c) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
F2Words in art. 5(3) substituted (21.10.2019) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1284), regs. 1, 2