
1 
This Order may be cited as the Undersized Crabs (Variation) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st February 1990.
2 
The Undersized Crabs Order 1986 shall be varied—
(a) by substituting for article 5 thereof the following article:—“
5 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act (which prohibits the carriage on a British fishing boat of sea fish of any description which are of less than the minimum size prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description) there is hereby prescribed as the minimum size for edible crab a size of 125 mm.
(2) In the Cumbrian sea fisheries district and in that area of sea lying within British fishery limits and between lines of latitude drawn through the easternmost points on the boundaries between Humberside and Lincolnshire in the North and Suffolk and Essex in the South the prescribed minimum size for edible crab for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act shall be 115mm.”.
(b) by substituting for the Schedule thereto the following Schedule:—
SCHEDULE
Article 3


Column 1 Column 2
Area for purposes of section 1(1) of the Act Prescribed minimum size
South coast of England between the eastern boundary of East Sussex and the western boundary of Dorset Male crabs : 140 mm Female crabs : 140 mm
The coasts of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Male crabs : 160 mm Female crabs : 140 mm
The coasts of Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire and Wales from the southernmost point on its border with England to Cemaes Head in Dyfed at 52°07' north latitude. Male crabs : 130 mm Female crabs : 130 mm
The coasts of Scotland, Wales from Cemaes Head to the northernmost point on its border with England, Kent, Essex, North East England between the southern boundary of Humberside and the northern boundary of Northumberland, and North West England between the western boundary of Cheshire and Haverigg Point in Cumbria at 54°11.3' north latitude. Male crabs : 125 mm Female crabs : 125 mm
The coasts of Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk and the Cumbrian sea fisheries district. Male crabs : 115 mm Female crabs: : 115 mm
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
18th December 1989.Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
20th December 1989Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
17th December 1989Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
21st December 1989