S.I. No. 592/2014 - Shrimp (Conservation of Stocks) Regulations 2014.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd January, 2015. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 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. These Regulations may be cited as the Shrimp (Conservation of Stocks) Regulations 2014. | ||
2. In these Regulations “shrimp” means Palaemon spp. | ||
3. The master or person in charge of an Irish sea-fishing boat shall not fish or attempt to fish for shrimp between 15 March and 1 August in each year. | ||
4. A person shall not have on board an Irish sea-fishing boat, attempt to land, be in possession of, buy, handle, tranship, transport, land, process, store or sell any shrimp which has been caught between 15 March and 1 August in any year. | ||
5. The Shrimp (Fisheries Management and Conservation) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 235 of 2006 ) are revoked. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal | ||
17 December 2014. | ||
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 provide for a closed season for shrimp fishing from 15 March to 1 August each year. |