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Crab and lobster landing controls: poster

Poster about landing controls for crab and lobster introduced on 12 May 2024.

On 12 May 2024, new landing controls were introduced that:

prohibit a commercial fishing vessel from retaining onboard, landing, offering for sale or consigning a berried (egg bearing) lobster (Homarus gammarus)
prohibit a commercial fishing vessel from retaining onboard, landing, offering for sale or consigning a berried (egg bearing) brown crab (Cancer pagurus)
prohibit a commercial fishing vessel of greater than 12 metres overall length, that caught over 200 tonnes of brown crab and/or lobster during any 12 month period(s) from 2020 onwards from deploying creels, pots or traps within any part of Scottish inshore waters (0-6 nautical miles), with the exception of the inshore waters surrounding St Kilda (Hirta and Boreray), Flannan Isles, Rockall, Sula Sgeir, North Rona, Sule Stack, and Sule Skerry

Maps leaflet

First published: 22 March 2018
Last updated: 22 May 2024 - show all updates
All updates: 22 May 2024
Added updated poster about new controls in effect from 12 May 2024 and added in explanatory text and link to related content.

25 February 2019
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