Sea-Fishing Boats Regulations, 1983

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1983
• Citation: IR SI 246/1983

S.I. No. 246 of 1983.

SEA-FISHING BOATS REGULATIONS, 1983.

WHEREAS under a law of the United Kingdom, fishing for sea-fish or the transhipment of such fish within British fishery limits by or from a fishing boat registered in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, and the landing of sea-fish in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man from a fishing boat so registered, are prohibited unless at least 75 per cent. of the members of the crew of the boat are British citizens or nationals of any other Member State of the European Communities;

AND WHEREAS the said law operates in particular to prohibit such fishing, landing and transhipment by or from certain fishing boats which having been registered outside the territory of the European Economic Community were subsequently registered at ports in Great Britain or the Channel Islands unless the said requirements regarding citizenship or nationality are complied with;

AND WHEREAS to promote the orderly conduct of fishing operations by fishing boats described in the first recital hereto within the exclusive fishery limits of the State it is desirable to apply a prohibition and condition to the like effect concerning such...