http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/200/article/4Crabs and Lobsters (Minimum Size) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000Rural developmentSEA FISHERIESStatute Law Database2025-04-11Expert Participation2020-12-31 Section 127(1) of the Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Act 1966 (“the 1966 Act”) prohibits the bringing to land, landing, sale or offering or exposure for sale or the possession for the purposes of sale of sea fish of a description prescribed by regulations where those fish are smaller than the minimum size so prescribed. For the purposes of this sub-section, this Order prescribes the minimum size for lobsters, male spider crabs and velvet crabs (Article 3 and Schedule 2). 4The prohibitions imposed by section 127(1) of the Act, as read with Article 3 and the Schedule, do not apply in relation to sea-fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 33(3) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)