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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