2007 No. 499
FisHERIES
Shrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 31st January 2008.
Amendment of the Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 20052
The Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 20053 shall be amended as follows—
1
In Article 3 (Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid)–
for paragraph (3)(d) substitute—
d
where sea fish have been caught, the total catch retained on board should comprise of no more than 5% of live weight of common shrimps (Crangon spp), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 6th December 2007
Liam McKibbenA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)