Haddock (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 11) Order, 2003

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 493/2003
• Year: 2003

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by section 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1978), and amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and 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 )), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Haddock (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 11) Order, 2003 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 2003 and shall cease to have effect from the 30th day of November, 2003. 2. (1) In this Order -

“the specified area” means the parts of the sea described in the Annex to the Communication and therein referred to as ICES sub-areas -

(a) VII (excluding VIIa);

(b) VIIa

(c) VII (including sub-areas (a) and (b) above)

“haddock” means Melanogrammus aeglefinus

“length”, in relation to a boat, means the distance from the forepart of the stem of the boat to the aft side of the head of the sternpost of the boat or to the foreside of the rudder stock.

(2) In this Article -

“the Communication” means the Communication (85/C347/05) from the Commission of the European Communities on the description of the ICES sub-areas and divisions used for the purpose of fishing statistics and regulations in the North East Atlantic(1) ;

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

(3) In any proceedings in which a contravention of this Order is alleged prima facie evidence of the Communication may be given by the production of a copy of the Official Journal purporting to contain the Communication. 3. (1) From the 1st day of November, 2003 an Irish sea-fishing boat, or a person on board such boat, fishing in the specified area shall not have or retain on board more than the following quantities of haddock during the period from the 1st day of November, 2003 to the 30th day of November, 2003 nor land more than that quantity during this period.

(a) 2 tonne of haddock in sub-area VII (ex VIIa)

(b) 0.5 tonne of haddock in sub-area VIIa

subject to the condition that not more than a maximum of 2 tonnes of haddock shall be retained on...