Cod (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 2) Regulations, 2005

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2005
• Citation: IR SI 90/2005

Statutory Instruments

SI No. 90 of 2005

Cod (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

S.I. 90 of 2005

Cod (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

I, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 224B (inserted by section 5 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 (No. 14 of 1959) as amended by the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2002 ) and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004 (No. 703 of 2004)), hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cod (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 2 Regulations 2005. 2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 March 2005 and cease to have effect on 31 March 2005. 3. In these Regulations —

“Cod” means Gadus morhua;

“ICES” means the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea;

“Irish sea-fishing boat” means a boat entered in the Register of Fishing Boats;

“quotas” means the State's share of the total allowable catch (TAC) fixed by the Council of the European Communities relating to certain species of fish in respect of the year 20051 or, as the case may be, each subsequent year thereafter;

“specified area” means waters falling within ICES sub-area VII, (excluding Sub-area VIIa) (E.C. Zone) and stock area code COD/7X7A34 as described in Communication (85/C347/05) from the Commission of the European Communities on the description of the ICES sub-areas and divisions used for the purposes of fishing statistics and regulations in the North East Atlantic;

“specified period” means the period from 1 March 2005 to 31 March 2005. 4. An Irish sea-fishing boat, or a person on board that boat, fishing in the specified area, shall not during the specified period, have or retain on board —

(a) in case the boat is of length greater than or equal to 55 feet, 4 tonnes of cod, or

(b) in any other case, 2 tonnes of cod,

nor land more than that quantity. 5. The master of an Irish sea fishing boat shall not during the specified period cause or permit the boat to be used in the specified...