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  "title": "The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989",
  "short_title": "Undersized Velvet Crabs 1989",
  "long_title": "This Order, which applies to Great Britain, prescribes a minimum size for the landing of velvet crabs. There is an exemption from the minimum landing size for the landing of crabs from foreign fishing boats.",
  "citation": "S.I. 1989/919",
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