The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015

Interpretation E+W

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf“) means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967(1);

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“crawfish” (“cimwch coch”) means crawfish of the species Palinurus elephas and Palinurus mauritanicus;

“edible crab” (“cranc coch”) means crab of the species Cancer pagurus;

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“green crab” (“cranc gwyrdd”) means crab of the species Carcinus maenas;

“lobster” (“cimwch”) means lobster of the species Homarus gammarus;

“mutilated” (“wedi ei lurgunio”) in relation to a lobster or crawfish, means a lobster or crawfish which is mutilated in such a manner as to obscure a V notch;

“size” (“maint”) means—

(a)

in relation to a crawfish, the length of the carapace, along the midline, from the tip of the central rostral spine to the distal edge of the carapace, as shown in Diagram 1 in the Schedule to this Order,

(b)

in relation to an edible crab, the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part of the back, as shown in Diagram 2 in the Schedule to this Order,

(c)

in relation to a lobster, the length of the carapace, measured parallel to the mid-line from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace, as shown in Diagram 3 in the Schedule to this Order,

(d)

in relation to a spider crab, the length of the carapace, along the midline, from the edge of the carapace between the rostrums to the posterior edge of the carapace, as shown in Diagram 4 in the Schedule to this Order, and

(e)

in relation to a velvet crab, the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part, excluding spines, of the back, as shown in Diagram 2 in the Schedule to this Order;

“spider crab” (“cranc heglog”) means crab of the species Maia spp;

“velvet crab” (“cranc llygatgoch”) means crab of the species Necora puber;

“V notch” (“hollt v”) means a marking in the shape of a letter “V” cut into at least one of the five flaps of the tail of any lobster or crawfish, with the apex of the letter “V” positioned inward from the edge of the flap;

“Wales” (“Cymru”) has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006(2); and

“Welsh zone” (“parth Cymru”) has the same meaning as it has by virtue of section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006(3).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 20(2)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 1.2.2016, see art. 1(1)

(1)

1967 c. 84.

(2)

2006 c. 32. Section 158(1) was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 43(1) and (2). For the purposes of the definition of “Wales” in section 158(1) of the 2009 Act, the boundary between those parts of the sea within the Severn and Dee Estuaries which are to be treated as adjacent to Wales and those which are not are, in each case, a line drawn between the co-ordinates set out in Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect.

(3)

The Welsh zone is specified in S.I. 2010/760.