Article 3 Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting gridI1

Northern Ireland

A Northern Ireland fishing boat shall not carry or deploy a net, whose mesh measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless –

(a)

netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and no more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that –

(i)

sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and

(ii)

there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape;

(b)

a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that –

(i)

sea fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and

(ii)

there is a hole in the net through which all sea fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape;

(c)

no sea fish have been retained on board the boat; or

F1(d)

where sea fish have been caught, the total catch retained on board should comprise of no more than 5% of live weight of common shrimps (Crangon spp), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 3 substituted 31.1.2008 byShrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/499), article. 1, 2

Commencement

I1: Art. 3 in operation at 22.8.2005, see art. 1(1)