Hake (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No.6) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 645 of 2001).

This Order provides for a continuation of the management regime for the hake fishery in Area VI,VII with effect from the 1 January 2002. From that date, an Irish sea-fishing boat equal to or greater than 55 feet in length and fishing by means of longlines or Scottish fly seines, or a person on board such boat, may not have on board or land more than 1 ton of hake during the period from the 1 January 2002 to the 31 January, 2002. All other Irish sea-fishing boats fishing for hake by any other method regardless of length, or a person on board such boat, may not have on board or land more than 0.5 ton of hake during this period. It is prohibited to tranship or to engage in transhipment operations of hake.