2021 No. 335

Sea Fisheries

The Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

Coming into operation-

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 19662.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and comes into operation on 8th January 2022.

2

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 20202

1

The Edible Crabs (Undersized) Order (Northern Ireland) 20204 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In Article 3 for “140” substitute “150”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 8th December 2021.

seal_r00001Owen LyttleA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the minimum landing size of edible (brown) crab to 150 millimetres carapace width.