The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Scotland) Order 2017

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2017-12-19
Last updated 2020-12-31
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Made: 19th December 2017

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 21st December 2017

Coming into force: 25th February 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2), (3B), (4) and (6), 6(1) and (3), 15(3), 20(1), 22(2) and 22A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 , section 1 of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and application

1

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

Prescribed minimum size for landing edible crabs in Scotland

3

Prohibitions on landing, sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession, or carriage of velvet crabs

4

do not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.

Prescribed minimum size for landing spider crabs in Scotland

5

Prescribed minimum size for landing green crabs in the Orkney Islands

6

Prohibitions on landing, sale, exposure or offer for sale or possession, or carriage of lobsters

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do not apply in relation to sea fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits.

Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF AN EDIBLE CRAB

SCHEDULE 2 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A VELVET CRAB

SCHEDULE 3 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A SPIDER CRAB

SCHEDULE 4 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A GREEN CRAB

SCHEDULE 5 — MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A LOBSTER

SCHEDULE 6 — DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIED WATERS

Interpretation

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In this schedule—

Description of the specified waters

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Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude Topographical description of boundary line
1 58°40.31′ 005°41.06′ Loxodrome
2 58°40.13′ 005°41.04′ Loxodrome
3 58°37.29′ 005°40.77′ Loxodrome
4 58°32.91′ 005°39.67′ Loxodrome
5 58°31.48′ 005°39.62′ Loxodrome
6 58°28.71′ 005°40.57′ Loxodrome
7 58°28.31′ 005°40.64′ Loxodrome
8 58°23.42′ 005°44.40′ Loxodrome
9 58°20.09′ 005°45.82′ Loxodrome
10 58°18.63′ 005°45.87′ Loxodrome
11 58°11.76′ 005°46.49′ Loxodrome
12 58°11.06′ 005°47.07′ Loxodrome
13 58°08.09′ 005°49.07′ Loxodrome
14 58°06.95′ 005°49.79′ Loxodrome
15 58°05.96′ 005°50.49′ Loxodrome
16 58°05.41′ 005°50.97′ Loxodrome
17 58°03.91′ 005°53.77′ Loxodrome
18 58°03.48′ 005°54.49′ Loxodrome
19 58°01.91′ 005°59.09′ Loxodrome
20 58°01.63′ 005°59.69′ Loxodrome
21 57°59.28′ 006°02.37′ Loxodrome
22 57°52.83′ 006°04.10′ Loxodrome
23 57°50.90′ 006°04.68′ Loxodrome
24 57°49.43′ 006°05.35′ Loxodrome
25 57°49.18′ 006°10.38′ Loxodrome
26 57°48.53′ 006°16.88′ Loxodrome
27 57°48.60′ 006°18.02′ Loxodrome
28 57°48.83′ 006°21.33′ Loxodrome
29 57°50.62′ 006°26.28′ Loxodrome
30 57°50.77′ 006°27.25′ Loxodrome
31 57°51.15′ 006°30.28′ Loxodrome
32 57°50.96′ 006°31.08′ Loxodrome
33 57°48.16′ 006°34.86′ Loxodrome
34 57°45.60′ 006°37.38′ Loxodrome
35 57°44.43′ 006°37.91′ Loxodrome
36 57°43.55′ 006°38.73′ Loxodrome
37 57°43.25′ 006°38.93′ Loxodrome
38 57°42.26′ 006°43.33′ Loxodrome
39 57°41.75′ 006°44.58′ Loxodrome
40 57°40.72′ 006°46.93′ Loxodrome
41 57°39.52′ 006°48.68′ Loxodrome
42 57°38.77′ 006°49.61′ Loxodrome
43 57°37.88′ 006°50.29′ Loxodrome
44 57°36.25′ 006°50.93′ Loxodrome
45 57°34.88′ 006°53.08′ Loxodrome
46 57°34.45′ 006°53.84′ Loxodrome
47 57°33.45′ 006°54.76′ Loxodrome
48 57°32.08′ 006°55.91′ Loxodrome
49 57°31.87′ 006°56.06′ Loxodrome
50 57°31.52′ 006°56.28′ Loxodrome
51 57°31.12′ 006°56.41′ Loxodrome
52 57°30.15′ 006°57.14′ Loxodrome
53 57°29.36′ 006°57.53′ Loxodrome
54 57°26.18′ 006°58.96′ Loxodrome
55 57°24.92′ 006°59.29′ Loxodrome
56 57°23.68′ 006°59.09′ Loxodrome
57 57°20.72′ 006°58.44′ Loxodrome
58 57°20.62′ 006°58.38′ Loxodrome
59 57°19.33′ 006°57.08′ Loxodrome
60 57°18.57′ 006°56.54′ Loxodrome
61 57°17.25′ 006°55.83′ Loxodrome
62 57°15.92′ 006°55.16′ Loxodrome
63 57°14.48′ 006°54.78′ Loxodrome
64 57°12.29′ 006°54.08′ Loxodrome
65 57°10.92′ 006°52.91′ Loxodrome
66 57°10.77′ 006°52.71′ Loxodrome
67 57°04.85′ 006°54.84′ Loxodrome
68 57°03.55′ 006°55.99′ Loxodrome
69 57°02.78′ 006°56.54′ Loxodrome
70 57°01.17′ 006°57.78′ Loxodrome
71 56°56.37′ 007°01.14′ Loxodrome
72 56°56.14′ 007°01.24′ Loxodrome
73 56°54.57′ 007°01.67′ Loxodrome
74 56°53.37′ 007°01.92′ Loxodrome
75 56°51.25′ 007°02.24′ Loxodrome
76 56°49.15′ 007°02.34′ Loxodrome
77 56°47.47′ 007°01.97′ Loxodrome
78 56°45.89′ 007°05.89′ Loxodrome
79 56°45.09′ 007°08.31′ Loxodrome
80 56°44.54′ 007°10.12′ Loxodrome
81 56°43.19′ 007°13.69′ Loxodrome
82 56°32.86′ 007°29.30′ Loxodrome
83 56°30.97′ 007°33.56′ Boundary line following the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters
84 58°40.31′ 005°41.06′
Island North Latitude West Longitude
St Kilda (Hirta) 57°48.96′ 008°35.53′
St Kilda (Boreray) 57°52.19′ 008°29.45′
Sula Sgeir 59°05.73′ 006°09.38′
North Rona 59°07.39′ 005°49.56′
Flannan Isles (Eilean a Ghoba) 58°16.94′ 007°38.90′
Flannan Isles (Eilean Mor) 58°17.15′ 007°35.29′
Flannan Isles (Soraidh) 58°16.43′ 007°35.34′

Signed

FERGUS EWING — A member of the Scottish Government — 2017-12-19

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c.84 (“the Act”); section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1) and was relevantly amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), schedule 13, paragraph 38(a) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 194, which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”), section 158(1). Section 6(1) was amended by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(6)(a). Section 15(3) of the Act was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), section 22(5) and schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and S.I. 1999/1820. Sections 1, 6, 15(3), 20 and 22(2) of the Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (2A), (7), (10), (11) and (12) of the Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(13) and was amended by the 2010 Act, section 159. Section 22(2) of the Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” was relevantly amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45 and by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(12). The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the Act.

[^f00002]: 1984 c.26 (“the 1984 Act”). Section 1 was amended by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.27) (“the 1994 Act”), section 1. The definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in section 9(1) of the 1984 Act was amended by section 4(2) of the 1994 Act. Sections 1 and 9(1) of the 1984 Act were also amended by S.I. 1999/1820.

[^f00003]: The World Geodetic System 1984 datum is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf).

[^f00004]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1999/1126.

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2000/197, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/183 and S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2000/198.

[^f00008]: S.S.I. 2000/228, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^f00009]: S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^f00010]: S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1989/919, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/183 and S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^f00012]: S.S.I. 2004/276.

Editorial notes

[^c23231631]: 1967 c.84 (“the Act”); section 1 was substituted by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), section 19(1) and was relevantly amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), schedule 13, paragraph 38(a) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 194, which extends to Scotland by virtue of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 5) (“the 2010 Act”), section 158(1). Section 6(1) was amended by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(6)(a). Section 15(3) of the Act was substituted by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c.77), section 22(5) and schedule 1, paragraph 38(3) and amended by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86), schedule 2, paragraph 16(1) and S.I. 1999/1820. Sections 1, 6, 15(3), 20 and 22(2) of the Act are modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(2), (2A), (7), (10), (11) and (12) of the Act. Section 22A was inserted by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(13) and was amended by the 2010 Act, section 159. Section 22(2) of the Act, which contains a definition of “the Ministers” was relevantly amended by the Fisheries Act 1981 (c.29), sections 19(2)(d) and (3) and 45 and by S.I. 1999/1820, schedule 2, paragraph 43(12). The definition was modified in relation to Scotland by section 22A(12)(b) of the Act.

[^c23231641]: 1984 c.26 (“the 1984 Act”). Section 1 was amended by the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.27) (“the 1994 Act”), section 1. The definition of “Scottish inshore waters” in section 9(1) of the 1984 Act was amended by section 4(2) of the 1994 Act. Sections 1 and 9(1) of the 1984 Act were also amended by S.I. 1999/1820.

[^c23231651]: The World Geodetic System 1984 datum is defined at paragraph 2.1 of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency Technical Report TR8350.2, third edition, amendment 1 of 3rd January 2000 entitled “Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984” (http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf).

[^c23231671]: S.I. 1999/1126.

[^c23231681]: S.S.I. 2000/197, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/183 and S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^c23231691]: S.S.I. 2000/198.

[^c23231701]: S.S.I. 2000/228, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^c23231711]: S.S.I. 2015/183.

[^c23231721]: S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^c23231731]: S.I. 1989/919, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/183 and S.S.I. 2016/50.

[^c23231741]: S.S.I. 2004/276.

[^key-16d633956c3737da59538c05c87046f0]: Words in art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-b71782e8f9b757055c8260e8aaa6ee01]: Art. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(3) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-b24c1b160724f74a30c0f6808d751e1c]: Words in art. 4(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(4)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-b6a5f42fb9eac28f3f4b8a06058d3a15]: Art. 4(6)(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(4)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-3e8c3adf7f0033550674aeca568f5c55]: Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(5) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-a14fc39922a67b670541c6009171309a]: Art. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(6) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-b7cd53cfaa0e759a39b094a7f54e79d7]: Words in art. 7(10) inserted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(7)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

[^key-9c0067fd2ec8a63ef16c5bc88599be99]: Art. 7(12)(13) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 29(7)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)

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