S.I. No. 693/2007 - Mussel Seed (Conservation) (No. 7) Regulations 2007
MUSSEL SEED (CONSERVATION) (No. 7) REGULATIONS 2007 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th October, 2007. | ||
I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, 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 Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2006 ( S.I. No. 167 of 2006 ), hereby make the following regulations— | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mussel Seed (Conservation) (No. 7) Regulations 2007. | ||
2. In these Regulations— | ||
“mussels” means mytilus edulis; | ||
“mussel seed” means mussels of any kind whether alive or dead and includes any part of a mussel and the shell, or any part of the shell, of a mussel seed and which are not intended for direct human consumption. | ||
3. For the purposes of the bottom mussel seed fishery, the area off the Wexford coast previously closed for the UISCE project bounded by the following coordinates, | ||
52 20.100 N | ||
006 19.750 W | ||
52 20.100 N | ||
006 16.150 W | ||
52 16.900 N | ||
006 16.150 W | ||
52 16.900 N | ||
006 19.750 W | ||
is now open to fish mussel seed until further notice. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
15 October 2007 | ||
EAMON RYAN, | ||
Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. | ||
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 the opening of the mussel seed fishery in a specific area of the Irish Sea off the Wexford coast which was previously closed to facilitate the BIM UISCE project. |