S.I. No. 588/2015 - Razor Clam (Conservation of Stocks) (North Irish Sea) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st January, 2016.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 15 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Razor Clam (Conservation of Stocks) (North Irish Sea) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2016.

2. The Razor Clam (Conservation of Stocks) (North Irish Sea) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 207 of 2015 ) are amended in Regulation 3 by substituting for paragraph (1) the following-

“(1) not cause more than 600 kilograms of razor clams to be landed from the boat in any fishing week;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 December 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The effect of these Regulations is to reduce the weekly landing limit on razor clams for vessels in the north Irish Sea fishery to 600 kilograms from 1 January 2016.