Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Hake) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 179 of 2006).

These Regulations stipulate that any infringement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 494/2002 by (a) sea-fishing boats within the exclusive fishery limits of the State; or (b) an Irish sea-fishing boat wherever it may be, or a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by the Commission Regulation so relating, other than an obligation imposed on the State shall be a contravention of these Regulations and the provisions of section 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 shall apply. The Regulations also provide that the mesh size of nets and the thickness of twines shall be measured for the purposes of these Regulations in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 129/032 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size and thickness of twine.