Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations:—

“the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;

“belly rings” means rings which make up the floor of a scallop dredge;

“dredge bar” or “tooth bar” means a horizontal bar with teeth on the bottom of a scallop dredge;

“French dredge” means a scallop dredge of the type known as a “French dredge” incorporating paravanes, diving plates, pressure plates, water deflecting plates or any similar device, and having rigid fixed teeth;

“scallop” means fish of the species Pecten maximus;

“scallop dredge” includes any appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops or other shell fish;

“width” in relation to any scallop dredge means the distance across the mouth of a dredge when measured horizontally.