Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Fish Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) which implement in respect of Northern Ireland Council Directive 91/67/EEC (O.J. No. L46, 19.2.91, p. 1) concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products, as amended, and Council Directive 95/70/EC (O.J. No. L332, 30.12.95, p. 33) introducing minimum community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs, to the extent that they are not implemented by other legislation.
These Regulations prohibit the relaying within Northern Ireland of live molluscs, eggs and gametes from the Lough Foyle area as specified in the new Schedule 7 inserted into the 1998 Regulations.
This area is specified for this purpose following the confirmation of Bonamia ostreae in the Lough.