2008 No. 10
SEA FISHERIES
The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 19671 and of all other powers enabling them to do so:
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 and shall come into force on 7th February 2008.
Amendment of the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 20042.
In article 3 (prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid) of the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 20042 for paragraph (2)(d) substitute–
“(d)
where sea fish have been caught, the quantity of either common shrimp (Crangon spp.) or Aesop shrimp (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two retained on board does not exceed 5% of the total live weight of catch retained on board in accordance with Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 850/983.”.
RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends one of the specified exceptions to the prohibition against carrying or deploying a net with a mesh size of between 16 and 31 millimetres provided for in article 3 of the Shrimp Fishing Nets (Scotland) Order 2004.
The exception is that 5% or less by the live weight of the catch retained on board comprises common shrimp, Aesop shrimp or a combination of the two.
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order.