Undersized Crabs Order 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/497 |
| Year | 1986 |
1986No. 497
SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Undersized Crabs Order 1986
13thMarch1986
14thMarch1986
4thApril1986
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(1) and (2) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967( a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and the said Minister, the said Secretaries of State and the Secretary of State concerned with the sea fishing industry in Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(3), (4) and (6), 15(3) and 20(1) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:--
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.--(1) This order may be cited as the Undersized Crabs Order 1986 and shall come into operation on 4th April 1986.
(2) In this order--
"the Act" means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
"edible crab" means crab of the speciesCancer pagurus;
"size", in relation to a crab, means the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part of the back.
Revocation
2. The Undersized Crabs Order 1985( b) is hereby revoked.
(a) 1967 c.84, section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1); section 15 was amended by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), Schedule 1, paragraph 38, the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), Schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and the Fisheries Act 1981, section 25(1) and (2); the definition of "the Ministers" in section 22(2) was amended by the Fisheries Act 1981, sections 19(1) and 45.
(b) S.I. 1985/100.
Prescribed minimum size for landing crabs
3.--(1) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Great Britain of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), there is hereby prescribed as the minimum size for edible crab of each sex, in relation to each area specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this order, the appropriate size specified in relation to that area in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) Landing from fishing boats other than British fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act and paragraph (1) of this article.
Prescribed minimum size for sale etc. of crabs
4. For the purposes of section 1(2) of the Act (which prohibits the sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession for the purpose of sale of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), there is hereby prescribed as the minimum size for edible crab a size of 115 mm.
Prescribed minimum size for carriage of crabs on a British fishing boat
5. For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act (which prohibits the carriage on a British fishing boat of sea fish of any description which are of less than...
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