Hake (Restriction on Fishing) (No 3) Order, 2000

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 156/2000
• Year: 2000

I, FRANK FAHEY, Minister for the 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 (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 301 of 1997 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Hake (Restriction on Fishing) (No. 3) Order, 2000 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 2000 and shall cease to have effect from the 31st day of July, 2000.

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 VI, VII, XII and XIV and ICES division Vb) (E.C. zone);

“hake” means Merluccius merluccius

“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 June, 2000, 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 8.5 tonnes of hake during the period from the 1st day of June, 2000 to the 31st day of July, 2000 nor land more than that quantity during this period.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) of this Article, from the 1st day of June, 2000 an Irish sea-fishing boat of length greater than or equal to 55 feet, or a person on board such boat, and fishing in the specified area by means of longlines or by means of Scottish fly seines shall not have or retain on...