Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 2470, S. 162 of 1997).

Subject

Fisheries, Sea, Environment gen.

Keyword

Marine pollution Mariculture Crustaceans Aquatic animals Water quality standards Classification/declassification

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations prescribe a system for classifying the quality of controlled waters, which are coastal or brackish waters, which need protection or improvement in order to support shellfish life and growth. The classification "shellfish waters" (SWF), and the criteria for that classification set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, shall apply for classifying controlled waters which are coastal and brackish waters for the purposes of Directive 79/923/EC which need protection or improvement in order to support shellfish (bivalve and gasteropod molluscs) life and growth and thus contribute to the high quality of shellfish products directly edible by man. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency shall ensure that waters classified under these Regulations are sampled and samples are analysed in accordance with provisions contained in regulations 3 and 4. These Regulations prescribe the methods and the minimum frequency required for sampling and analysis. The Schedule contains criteria for the classification of waters as shellfish waters. (7 regulations)

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 79/923/EEC on the quality required of shellfish waters.

Legislation | European Union | 1979

Keyword: Pollution control, Management/conservation, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. No. 427 of 2007).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007

Keyword: Marine pollution, Mariculture, Crustaceans, Aquatic animals, Water quality standards, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Water Environment (River Basin Management Planning: Further Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 323 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Aquaculture, Inland fisheries, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Institution, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX