Undersized Spider Crabs Order 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/1502 |
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 1502
SEA FISHERIES, ENGLANDCONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Undersized Spider Crabs Order 2000
Made 7th June 2000
Laid before Parliament 8th June 2000
Coming into force 30th June 2000
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 on them by sections 1(1), (4) and (6) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671and 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 section 15(3) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Undersized Spider Crabs Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th June 2000.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey;
“size”, in relation to a spider crab, means the length of the carapace, along the midline, from the edge of the carapace between the rostrums to the posterior edge of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in the Schedule to this Order;
“spider crab” means crab of the speciesMaia squinado;
“territorial sea adjacent to Jersey” means the sea within 12 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey is measured.
(2) In this Order—
(a)
(a) the term “within relevant British fishery limits” does not include:
(i) the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
(ii) the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man; and
(iii) the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey;
(b)
(b) any reference to any relevant British fishing boat “wherever it may be” does not include such a fishing boat while in:
(i) the territorial sea adjacent to Wales; or
(ii) the territorial sea adjacent to Jersey.
Prescribed minimum size for landing spider crabs in England
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in England and Wales 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 male spider crabs a size of 130 millimetres.
(2) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) above.
(3) This article applies only to landings in England.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats
4.—(1) For the purpose of the enforcement of section 1(1) of the Act as read with this Order, a British sea-fishery officer may exercise the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) to (4) below—
(a)
(a) in relation to any relevant British fishing boat wherever it may be; and
(b)
(b) in relation to any Scottish fishing boat which is within relevant British fishery limits.
(2) He may go on board the boat, with or without persons assigned to assist him in his duties, and for that purpose may require the boat to stop and do anything else which will facilitate the boarding of the boat.
(3) He may require the attendance of the master and other persons on board the boat and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose mentioned in...
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