2000 No. 81
SEA FISHERIES
CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH

The Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Revocation (Scotland) Order 2000

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(1), 15(3) and 20(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Revocation (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st March 2000.

(2)

This Order extends to Scotland only.

Revocation2.

The Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Order 19862 is hereby revoked.
JOHN HOME ROBERTSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Crab Claws (Prohibition of Landing) Order 1986 (“the 1986 Order”) (article 2). The 1986 Order prohibited the landing of crab claws in the United Kingdom if they have been detached from edible crab claws (Cancer pagurus) caught within British fishery limits.

Provisions relating to the retention on board and the landing of edible crabs and detached claws can now be found in Article 18.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 (O.J. No. L125, 27.04.98, p.1), laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources. These are implemented by the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/53).