Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies for Conservation Services) Order, 2017.

This Order, consisting of 10 sections and one Schedule, establishes the Fisheries Cost Recovery Levies for Conservation Services. It applies in respect of: any quota or permit held on or after 1 October 2017; and any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed taken on or after 1 October 2017.
A monthly levy in respect of conservation services is payable in respect of: a) every guaranteed minimum individual transferable quota; b) every individual transferable quota; and c) every provisional individual transferable quota. The monthly levy is payable for each quota share at the appropriate rate (or at the equivalent rate expressed as dollars per tonne), according to the species or class of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed, specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2. The monthly levy is payable by quota owners irrespective of whether the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed to which the quota relates is taken.
Every holder of a fishing permit issued under section 91 of the Fisheries Act 1996 who takes for the purposes of sale any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed specicl 1 Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies for Conservation Services) Order 2017 2017/206 2 fied in Part 2 of Schedule 2 of this order must pay an annual levy in respect of conservation services for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed so taken, at the appropriate rate of levy specified in that Part. (2) Every holder of a special permit granted under section 97(1)(c) of the Fisheries Act 1996 who takes for the purposes of sale any fish, aquatic life, or seaweed specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 of this order must pay an annual levy in respect of conservation services for each tonne or part of a tonne of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed so taken, at the appropriate rate of levy specified in that Part.