Monk (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 6) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 642 of 2001).

This Order provides for a management regime for the monkfish fishery in Area VII with effect from 1 January, 2002. From that date, an Irish sea-fishing boat equal to or greater than 55 feet in length, or a person on board such boat, may not have on board or land more than 2 tonnes of monkfish during the period from the 1 January to 31 January, 2002. All other Irish sea-fishing boats fishing for monkfish or a person on board such boat may not have on board or land more than 1 tonne of monkfish during this period. It is prohibited to tranship or to engage in transhipment operations of monkfish.