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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/348/article/8</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Fish (food)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Accountancy</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SEA FISHERIES</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-10</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2017-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order confers on the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (“the Organisation”) the right of regulating a fishery for oysters, mussels, cockles, clams, lobsters, scallops, queens, crabs, whelks and razorshells (“the prescribed species”, defined in article2) on the bed of the sea adjacent to the Shetland Islands for a period of 15years until 31stJanuary 2028 (article 3).</dc:description>
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<Text>For the purpose of cultivating the fishery, any person authorised by <Abbreviation Expansion="Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation, a company limited by guarantee and having its registered office at SFA, Shetland Seafood Centre, Stewart Building, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 OLL">the Organisation</Abbreviation> may remove any spat or small shellfish of the prescribed species from the fishery or from one part of the fishery to any other part at such times and in such quantities as the Organisation may direct.</Text>
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