Mackerel (Fisheries Management and Conservation) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 19 of 2006).

These Regulations prohibit fishing for, transhipment of or having on board mackerel by Irish polyvalent vessels under 65 feet registered length in ICES sub-areas VI,VII,XII and XIV and divisions IIa (non EC waters) IVa, Vb (Community Waters), VIIIa, b, d and e. A polyvalent vessel is a vessel in relation to which there is in force a licence under section 222B of the of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 as inserted by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003.