S.I. No. 13/2023 - Sea Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2023


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st January, 2023.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) for the purpose of giving further effect to Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3440/84 of 6 December 19841 (as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 955/87 of 1 April 19872 , Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2122/89 of 14 July 19893 and Commission Regulation No 146/2007 of 15 February 20074 ), and Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 20195 , and effect to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2588 of 20 October 20226 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/56 of 19 July 20227 hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 520 of 2019 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by the insertion after “23 August 2021” in the definition of “Council Regulation” (as amended by the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 223 of 2022 )) of the following: “, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2588 of 20 October 2022 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/56 of 19 July 2022”.

3. The Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 223 of 2022 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 January, 2023.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

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.)

This instrument amends the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 520 of 2019 ) to give effect to (a) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2588 of 20 October 2022 as regards technical measures for demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and West of Scotland and (b) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/56 as regards specific technical measures for red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in ICES subareas 6 to 8.

1 OJ L 318, 7.12.1984, p. 23

2 OJ L 90, 2.4.1987, p. 29

3 OJ L 203, 15.7.1989, p. 21

4 OJ L 46, 16.2.2007, p. 9

5 OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105

6 OJ L 338, 30.12.2022, p.44

7 OJ L 5, 6.1.2023, p. 1