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The Outer Hebrides (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2015

As Enacted Cited authorities 23 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
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JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2015/183
Year2015

2015No. 183

SEA FISHERIES

CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Outer Hebrides (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2015

28thApril2015

30thApril2015

29thMay2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (4) and (6), 6(1) and (3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967( 1), and all powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Outer Hebrides (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2015 and comes into force on 29th May 2015.

Interpretation

2. In this Order-

"the Act" means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;

"foreign fishing boat" means any fishing boat other than a fishing boat which is either registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 2) or is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that Part of that Act; and

"lobster" means lobster of the speciesHomarus gammarus.

Prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs in the Outer Hebrides

3.-(1) The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989( 3) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In article 2 (prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs and exemptions from landing prohibitions)-

(a) in paragraph (1), for "For" substitute "Subject to paragraph (1A), for";(b) after paragraph (1) insert-"(1A) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act, in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the minimum size in relation to sea fish of the description of velvet crab a size of 70 millimetres."; and(c) in paragraph (2), for "paragraph (1)" substitute "paragraphs (1) and (1A)".

Prescribed minimum size for landing edible crabs in the Outer Hebrides

4.-(1) The Undersized Edible Crabs (Scotland) Order 2000( 4) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In Schedule 2 (minimum landing sizes), after the entry relating to the area of coast surrounding the Firth of Forth, insert-

"Column 1

Area of coast

Column 2

Prescribed minimum landing sizes

The coasts of the islands of the Outer Hebrides

Male edible crabs: 150mm

Female edible crabs: 150mm".

Prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters in the Outer Hebrides

5.-(1) The Undersized Lobsters (Scotland) Order 2000( 5) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters)-

(a) in paragraph (1), for "For" substitute "Subject to paragraph (1A), for";(b) after paragraph (1) insert-"(1A) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act, in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the minimum size for lobsters a size of-(a) from 29th May 2015 to 28th May 2016, both dates inclusive, 88 millimetres;(b) on or after 29th May 2016, 90 millimetres."; and(c) in paragraph (2), for "paragraph (1)" substitute "paragraphs (1) and (1A)".

Prescribed maximum size for landing female lobsters in the Outer Hebrides

6.-(1) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Scotland of any sea fish of any description, which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the maximum size in relation to sea fish of the description of female lobster a size of 145 millimetres.

(2) In this article, "size", in relation to a lobster, means the length of the carapace parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace and is to be measured as shown in Schedule 1.

(3) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1).

Prohibition on landing crippled female lobsters caught in specified waters

7.-(1) The landing in Scotland of any crippled female lobster, caught in the waters specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, is prohibited.

(2) In this article, "crippled female lobster" means a female lobster missing-

(a) part of, or all of, its crusher claw; or(b) part of, or all of, its cutter claw.

(3) Landing from foreign fishing boats is excepted from the prohibition imposed by paragraph (1).

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

28th April 2015

SCHEDULE 1

Article 6(2)

MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A LOBSTER

SCHEDULE 2

Article 7(1)

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIED WATERS

Interpretation

1. In this Schedule-

(a) "co-ordinate" means a co-ordinate defined on the World Geodetic 1984 Datum( 6); and(b) "Scottish inshore waters" means the area adjacent to the coast of Scotland and within the Scottish zone, and to the landward limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides.

Description of the specified waters

2.-(1) That part of Scottish inshore waters which is bounded by the lines (the topographical descriptions of which are provided in the fourth column of the following table) which join in sequential order the co-ordinates listed and identified in the first, second and third columns.

Co-ordinate

North Latitude

West Longitude

Topographical description of boundary line

1

58°40.31'

005°41.06'

Loxodrome

2

58°40.13'

005°41.04'

Loxodrome

3

58°37.29'

005°40.77'

Loxodrome

4

58°32.91'

005°39.67'

Loxodrome

5

58°31.48'

005°39.62'

Loxodrome

6

58°28.71'

005°40.57'

Loxodrome

7

58°28.31'

005°40.64'

Loxodrome

8

58°23.42'

005°44.40'

Loxodrome

9

58°20.09'

005°45.82'

Loxodrome

10

58°18.63'

005°45.87'

Loxodrome

11

58°11.76'

005°46.49'

Loxodrome

12

58°11.06'

005°47.07'

Loxodrome

13

58°08.09'

005°49.07'

Loxodrome

14

58°06.95'

005°49.79'

Loxodrome

15

58°05.96'

005°50.49'

Loxodrome

16

58°05.41'

005°50.97'

Loxodrome

17

58°03.91'

005°53.77'

Loxodrome

18

58°03.48'

005°54.49'

Loxodrome

19

58°01.91'

005°59.09'

Loxodrome

20

58°01.63'

005°59.69'

Loxodrome

21

57°59.28'

006°02.37'

Loxodrome

22

57°52.83'

006°04.10'

Loxodrome

23

57°50.90'

006°04.68'

Loxodrome

24

57°49.43'

006°05.35'

Loxodrome

25

57°49.18'

006°10.38'

Loxodrome

26

57°48.53'

006°16.88'

Loxodrome

27

57°48.60'

006°18.02'

Loxodrome

28

57°48.83'

006°21.33'

Loxodrome

29

57°50.62'

006°26.28'

Loxodrome

30

57°50.77'

006°27.25'

Loxodrome

31

57°51.15'

006°30.28'

Loxodrome

32

57°50.96'

006°31.08'

Loxodrome

33

57°48.16'

006°34.86'

Loxodrome

34

57°45.60'

006°37.38'

Loxodrome

35

57°44.43'

006°37.91'

Loxodrome

36

57°43.55'

006°38.73'

Loxodrome

37

57°43.25'

006°38.93'

Loxodrome

38

57°42.26'

006°43.33'

Loxodrome

39

57°41.75'

006°44.58'

Loxodrome

40

57°40.72'

006°46.93'

Loxodrome

41

57°39.52'

006°48.68'

Loxodrome

42

57°38.77'

006°49.61'

Loxodrome

43

57°37.88'

006°50.29'

Loxodrome

44

57°36.25'

006°50.93'

Loxodrome

45

57°34.88'

006°53.08'

Loxodrome

46

57°34.45'

006°53.84'

Loxodrome

47

57°33.45'

006°54.76'

Loxodrome

48

57°32.08'

006°55.91'

Loxodrome

49

57°31.87'

006°56.06'

Loxodrome

50

57°31.52'

006°56.28'

Loxodrome

51

57°31.12'

006°56.41'

Loxodrome

52

57°30.15'

006°57.14'

Loxodrome

53

57°29.36'

006°57.53'

Loxodrome

54

57°26.18'

006°58.96'

Loxodrome

55

57°24.92'

006°59.29'

Loxodrome

56

57°23.68'

006°59.09'

Loxodrome

57

57°20.72'

006°58.44'

Loxodrome

58

57°20.62'

006°58.38'

Loxodrome

59

57°19.33'

006°57.08'

Loxodrome

60

57°18.57'

006°56.54'

Loxodrome

61

57°17.25'

006°55.83'

Loxodrome

62

57°15.92'

006°55.16'

Loxodrome

63

57°14.48'

006°54.78'

Loxodrome

64

57°12.29'

006°54.08'

Loxodrome

65

57°10.92'

006°52.91'

Loxodrome

66

57°10.77'

006°52.71'

Loxodrome

67

57°04.85'

006°54.84'

Loxodrome

68

57°03.55'

006°55.99'

Loxodrome

69

57°02.78'

006°56.54'

Loxodrome

70

57°01.17'

006°57.78'

Loxodrome

71

56°56.37'

007°01.14'

Loxodrome

72

56°56.14'

007°01.24'

Loxodrome

73

56°54.57'

007°01.67'

Loxodrome

74

56°53.37'

007°01.92'

Loxodrome

75

56°51.25'

007°02.24'

Loxodrome

76

56°49.15'

007°02.34'

Loxodrome

77

56°47.47'

007°01.97'

Loxodrome

78

56°45.89'

007°05.89'

Loxodrome

79

56°45.09'

007°08.31'

Loxodrome

80

56°44.54'

007°10.12'

Loxodrome

81

56°43.19'

007°13.69'

Loxodrome

82

56°32.86'

007°29.30'

Loxodrome

83

56°30.97'

007°33.56'

Boundary line following the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters

84

58°40.31'

005°41.06'

(2) Those parts of Scottish inshore waters which are adjacent to the following Scottish islands (the centroid co-ordinates which are listed in the second and third columns of the following table) and are bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters.

Island

North Latitude

West Longitude

St Kilda (Hirta)

57°48.96'

008°35.53'

St Kilda (Boreray)

57°52.19'

008°29.45'

Sula Sgeir

59°05.73'

006°09.38'

North Rona

59°07.39'

005°49.56'

Flannan Isles (Eilean a Ghoba)

58°16.94'

007°38.90'

Flannan Isles (Eilean Mor)

58°17.15'

007°35.29'

Flannan Isles (Soraidh)

58°16.43'

007°35.34'

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989, the Undersized Edible Crabs (Scotland) Order 2000 and the Undersized Lobsters (Scotland) Order 2000 so as to prescribe minimum sizes for the landing of velvet crabs, edible crabs and lobsters in the Outer Hebrides (articles 3, 4 and 5).

The Order also prescribes a maximum landing size for female lobsters in the Outer Hebrides (article 6).

The Order also prohibits the landing in Scotland of female lobsters with missing claws, caught in Scottish inshore waters surrounding the Outer Hebrides (article 7). These waters are shown on the illustrative map appended to this note.

The prescribed minimum and maximum landing sizes and the prohibition set out in article 7 apply only to landings from British fishing boats.

This Order is made in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 46 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98(OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p.1) for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms ("the Council Regulation"). Article 46 of the Council Regulation authorises Member States to take certain national measures for...

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