Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;

• “belly rings” means rings which make up the floor of a scallop dredge;

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• “defined area” means Northern Ireland inshore waters and that part of the Northern Ireland zone within twelve nautical miles measured from baselines in Northern Ireland;

• “dredge bar” or “tooth bar” means a horizontal bar with teeth on the bottom of a scallop dredge;

• “French dredge” means a scallop dredge of the type known as a “French dredge” incorporating paravanes, diving plates, pressure plates, water deflecting plates or any similar device, and having rigid fixed teeth;

• “scallops” means shellfish of the species Pecten maximus;

• “scallop dredge” includes any appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops;

• “size” in relation to any scallop means the size calculated by measuring the maximum length of the shell;

• “Strangford Lough” shall be construed in accordance with the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993^f2;

• “tow bar” means any device or appliance which is capable of being used for the purpose of fixing or attaching a scallop dredge to a vessel for the purpose of enabling such a dredge to be towed by the vessel;

• “width” in relation to any scallop dredge means the distance across the mouth of a dredge when measured horizontally.