Article 7 Landing of northern hake at a designated port

A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat which lands northern hake or a Community fishing boat which lands northern hake within Scotland in contravention of Article 9 of Regulation 811/2004 (designated ports) as read with paragraph (3) of this article is guilty of an offence.

If northern hake is first landed in a port designated as specified in paragraph (4) within the United Kingdom an appropriate sample of at least 20% of all landings including 2 tonnes or more of northern hake shall be weighed in the presence of a British sea fishery officer prior to being offered for first sale, unless the following requirements are met–

A person in charge of a relevant fishing boat or a Community fishing boat who fails to comply with a requirement to weigh northern hake imposed in respect of that boat by a British sea-fishery officer or a person or organisation acting as a controller for the purpose of Article 12 of Regulation 811/2004 is guilty of an offence.

For landings in the United Kingdom the ports, and where applicable the landing locations within them, designated for the purposes of Article 9 of Regulation 811/2004 are the ports specified in the Schedule to the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2006^f1.