http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/455/article/6The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Scotland) Order 2017texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseSEA FISHERIES;CONSERVATION OF SEA FISH2023-03-21Expert Participation2020-12-31 This Order makes provisions regarding fishing for, landing, sale, exposure or offer for sale and possession for the purposes of sale and carriage of specified crustaceans in Scotland and the Scottish zone. 61For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Scotland of any sea fish of any description, which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), in relation to landing in the Orkney Islands, there is prescribed as the minimum size in relation to sea fish of the description of green crab a size of 70 millimetres.2The prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act, as read with paragraph (1), does not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.3In this article—“green crab” means crab of the species Carcinus maenas; and“size”, in relation to a green crab, means the maximum width of the carapace (including the spines) measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and is to be measured as shown in schedule 4.Art. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(6) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)