Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015 (W.S.I. No. 2076 (W. 312) of 2015). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Wales Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Crustaceans Fishery management and conservation Landing Size Offences/penalties Aquatic animals Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order prohibits fishing for crawfish, lobster, edible crab and spider crab under specified minimum sizes in Wales. It further prohibits fishing in Wales and the Welsh zone for velvet crabs under a specified minimum size and any crawfish or lobster which bears a V notch or any crawfish or lobster which has been mutilated in a way which could obscure a V notch. Foreign vessels are exempt from the fishing prohibition. The Order also, among other things: prescribes minimum sizes for the landing of crawfish, lobster, edible crab, spider crab and velvet crab in Wales; prescribes other restrictions on the landing of crustaceans; prescribes minimum sizes for the sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession for the purpose of sale of crawfish, lobster, edible crab, spider crab and velvet crab in Wales; prohibits the carriage on any British fishing boat in Wales of any crawfish or lobster which bears a V notch or any crawfish or lobster which has been mutilated in a way which could obscure a V notch. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk