Monkfish (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 23) Regulations 2005
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Monkfish (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 23) Regulations 2005.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2006 and cease to have effect on 31 January 2006.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
“ICES” means the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea;
“Irish sea-fishing boat” means a fishing boat entered in the Register of Fishing Boats but which has not been granted a monkfish licence under the Monkfish Licensing Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 239 of 2005 );
“monkfish” or “anglerfish” means fish belonging to the family Lophiidae;
“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-areas Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV and stock area code ANF/561214 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 January 2006 to 31 January 2006.
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paragraphs: An Irish sea-fishing boat, or a person on board that boat, fishing in the specified area, shall not, during the specifed period, have or retain on board—
(a) in case the boat is of length greater than or equal to 55 feet, 3 tonnes of monkfish, or
(b) in any other case, 1.5 tonnes of monkfish,
nor land more than that quantity.
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paragraphs: In a prosecution for an offence contravening Regulation 4 of these Regulations it shall be a defence for the defendant to show that the monkfish to which the prosecution relates were taken outside the specified area or the specified period.
GIVEN under my hand, this 20th day of December 2005.
PAT THE COPE GALLAGHER,
Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
These Regulations provide for a management regime for the monkfish fishery in ICES Area Vb (EC waters), VI, XII and XIV with effect from 1 January 2006.
From that date, an Irish sea-fishing boat equal to or greater than 55 feet in length, which has not bee granted a monkfish licence, or a person on board such boat, fishing in the specified area may not have or retain on board or land more than 3 tonnes of monkfish during the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 January 2006.
Any other Irish sea-fishing boat fishing for monkfish or a person on board such boat, which has not been granted a monkfish licence, fishing in the specified area may not have or retain on board or land more than 1.5 tonnes of monkfish during this period.
It is prohibited to tranship or to engage in transhipment operations of monkfish.
1 Council Regulation (EC) No. 27/2005, O.J. L12, 14.1.2005, pp. 1-151.