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;”. | ||
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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. |