| INTRODUCTION: Norway Lobster fisheries in the Celtic Sea are mostly located in the Vllg and Vllh subdivisions. The communal regulation applying to Norway Lobster mesh size has been in effect since 1978. The use of derogative mesh size to catch Norway Lobsters is only allowed if the percentage of species protected by marketable size caught at the same time as Norway Lobsters is inferior to a fixed threshold in relation to the mesh size in effect. This regulation has been applied according to a specific schedule. With a percentage of protected species higher than 60 %, catching is considered as geared towards fish and mesh size is what the global regulation requires, i.e. 80 mm. As a matter of fact, as it has been mentioned many times, under the pressure of... |
