Sea Fisheries (Control of Catches) Order, 1985.

The provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2057/82 as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1729/83 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2807/83 (being measures establishing control over the fishing activities of vessels of Member States), in so far as they relate to the State, including the exclusive fishery limits of the State, are each hereby prescribed and adopted The effect of this is to require that the skippers of all Community vessels over 17 metres in registered length (or over 10 metres where the duration of fishing operations is in excess of 24 hours) operating within the exclusive fishery limits of the State and Irish vessels whether operating within those limits or otherwise complete a daily log of all fishing operations. In addition skippers of all vessels over 10 metres in registered length are obliged to submit a landing/transhipment declaration to their national authorities, giving the quantities and species involved on the occasion of each landing or transhipment.