Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 3) Regulations 2005
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 3) Regulations 2005.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2005.
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paragraphs: In this Regulation —
“Blue Ling” means Molva dypterigia;
“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 or in the EU Community Fishing Fleet Register;
“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 zones VI and VII 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.
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paragraphs: An Irish sea-fishing boat, to which a permit under S.I. 334 of 2003 has been issued, or a person on board the boat —
(a) may only land Blue Ling from such a boat, whether within the specified area or elsewhere, if the Blue Ling landed does not exceed 5 percent by live-weight of the total catch of all species of fish subject to quotas landed on any occasion;
(b) may at all times, subject to paragraph (c), retain on board up to 50% more Blue Ling than the maximum amount of Blue Ling permitted in paragraph (a);
(c) must ensure by 24:00 of each day of the fishing voyage that the logbook has been completed in accordance with the conditions laid out in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93, and that the total amount of Blue Ling retained on board such boat does not exceed the maximum amount of Blue Ling permitted in paragraph (a).
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paragraphs: The master of an Irish sea fishing boat shall not cause or permit the boat to be used in the specified area for the transhipment of Blue Ling or cause or permit such boat to engage in transhipment operations at sea.
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paragraphs: In a prosecution for an offence under Regulation 4 of these Regulations the following shall be prima facie evidence that the sea-fishing boat concerned was, at the time of the alleged offence used for the transhipment or landing of Blue Ling in contravention of that Regulation —
(a) evidence that such sea-fishing boat had on board any books, papers or other documents from which it appears to the Court that on the day on which the offence is alleged to have been committed Blue Ling were landed or transhipped contrary to that Regulation,
(b) any admission by any person who is for the time being the master or other person in charge, or another member of the crew, of such sea-fishing boat that at such time she was so used, or
(c) any other matter from which it so appears that such sea-fishing boat was so used or which in the opinion of the Court suggests, or tends to suggest, that such sea-fishing boat was so used.
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paragraphs: The master of an Irish sea fishing boat fishing in the specified areas shall, before each landing or transhipment of deep sea fish stocks from the boat, inform a sea fisheries protection officer of the time and location of the landing or transhipment whether inside or outside the State and the quantity of deep sea fish stocks concerned.
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paragraphs: The Blue Ling (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 264 of 2005 ) is revoked.
GIVEN under my Hand,
27 June 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 allow Irish sea-fishing boats to land or tranship Blue Ling caught in ICES Divisions VI and VII with effect from 1 July 2005, provided that the Blue Ling does not exceed 5% by weight of the total catch of quota species landed or transhipped on any occasion.
It is prohibited to tranship or to engage in transhipment operations of Blue Ling.
1 Council Regulation (EC) No. 2270/2004, O.J. L396, 31.12.2004, pp. 4-12.