Prohibitions on landing of specified crawfish, lobster, edible crab, green crab, spider crab and velvet crab
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For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing of any sea fish of any description which does not meet the requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), it is prescribed that the minimum size for—
a
crawfish, is 110 millimetres;
b
lobster, is 90 millimetres;
c
edible crab, is 140 millimetres;
d
female spider crab, is 120 millimetres;
e
male spider crab, is 130 millimetres; and
f
velvet crab, is 65 millimetres.
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3
The landing of any—
a
mutilated crawfish;
b
mutilated lobster;
c
crawfish or lobster bearing a V notch; or
d
claw or other detached part of any edible crab, green crab, spider crab or velvet crab,
wherever caught, is prohibited.
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Art. 4 in force at 1.2.2016, see art. 1(1)
Art. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 20(4) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
Art. 4(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 20(4) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)