Shrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
Shrimp Fishing Nets (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2007
Number: 499
Made: 2007-12-06
Coming into force: 2008-01-31
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
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This Order amends the Shrimp Fishing Nets Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 which regulates the carriage and use of any fishing nets with mesh size between 16 and 31 millimetres, measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2108/1984 of 23rd July 1984.
Article 3 paragraph (d) is amended to comply with Article 25 paragraph 3 of EC Regulation 850/98 which restricts the quantities of common shrimp and aesop shrimp retained on board a fishing vessel to no more than 5% of the live weight of marine organisms on board.