Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.I. No. 89 of 1997).

These Regulations lay down certain restrictions on fishing for scallops in the waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland. The Regulations prohibit: (a) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a scallop dredge or system of scallop dredges with a width, or in the case of a system of scallop dredges, with an aggregate width, of more than 1219 cms (40 feet); (b) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a scallop dredge which has more than 9 teeth per dredge or tooth bar; (c) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a scallop dredge which has a tooth spacing between internal edges of less than 75 mm on the dredge or tooth bar; (d) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a scallop dredge with belly rings which have a clear opening of less than 75 mm internal diameter; (e) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a scallop dredge which has a minimum mesh size of less than 100 mm in the netting cover; (f) the use or carriage on board any fishing vessel of a French dredge; (g) any person fishing for scallops in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland with more than 8 scallop dredges per side per vessel; (h) diving for scallops in that part of the waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland; (i) the taking and having on board any vessel of scallops with a minimum size of less than 110 mm in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland; and (j) the retention on board of scallops which are more than 1 percent by weight of the total of all catches on board when fishing with a scallop dredge in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland for sea fish other than scallops.