Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/919 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 919
SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH
The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989
25thMay1989
9thJune1989
1stJuly1989
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), (2) and (6) and 22(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), 15(3) and 22(2) of the said Act( ( b)) 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 Velvet Crabs Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st July 1989.
(2) In this Order-
"the Act" means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
"velvet crab" means crab of the species Liocarcinus puber;
"size" , in relation to a velvet crab, means the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part, excluding spines, of the back.
Prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs and exemptions from landing prohibitions
2.-(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 in relation to sea fish of the description of velvet crab a size of 65 mm.
(2) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) of this article.
Prescribed minimum size for sale etc. of velvet crabs and exemptions from sale prohibitions
3.-(1) 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 in relation to sea fish of the description of velvet crab a size of 65 mm.
(2) The sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession for the purpose of sale of sea fish of the description of velvet crabs which are landed from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(2) of the Act as read with paragraph 1 of this article.
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