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Sea Fisheries (Spider Crabs - Restrictions on Fishing) (Jersey) Order 2019: Amendment: Law drafting instructions

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A decision made 7 May 2024:

Decision Reference:  MD-ENV-2024-367

Public

Subject: Law Drafting Instructions: Amendment to Sea Fisheries (Spider Crabs – Restrictions on Fishing)(Jersey) Order 2019

 

Report Title: WR: Approval to request law drafting to amend Sea Fisheries (Spider Crabs – Restrictions on Fishing)(Jersey) Order 2019

Public

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to request law drafting instructions to amend the Sea Fisheries (Spider Crabs – Restrictions on Fishing) (Jersey) Order 2019 (the Order), to set the dates for the 2024 closed season of spider crab fishery as the standard dates of the 1st September to 15th October.

Reason for Decision(s):

The Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) and the Joint Management Committee (JMC), established under the terms of the Agreement relating to fishing in the Bay of Granville (GBA), approved the closure of the spider crab fishery on an annual basis to protect the crab population during the post moult period. A ban on netting in an area to the southwest of Jersey, comprising French and Jersey territorial waters, was also introduced in 2008 to protect the post moult crabs, which was provided for in the Order made by the Minister for the Environment under the Sea Fisheries (Jersey) Law 1994 and the Sea Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Regulations 1998. The Order must be made annually.    A standing agreement that provides for the closed season to run from 1st September to 15th October unless otherwise agreed by the JAC and JMC is in place, and as at 1st January 2021 the GBA was superseded by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). As there had been no further discussion in respect of the closed season to date, the Minister decided that the standard closed season for netting should apply for 2024.

Resource Implications: There are no new financial and/or manpower implications.

 

Action Required: Principal Legislative Drafter to be requested to draft changes to legislation.

Signature:

 

 

Signed By: Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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