
1 
This Order may be cited as the Outer Hebrides (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2015 and comes into force on 29th May 2015.
2 
In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
 “foreign fishing boat” means any fishing boat other than a fishing boat which is either registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or is owned wholly by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of that Part of that Act; and
 “lobster” means lobster of the species Homarus gammarus.
3 

(1) The Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In article 2 (prescribed minimum size for landing velvet crabs and exemptions from landing prohibitions)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “For” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1A), for”;
(b) after paragraph (1) insert—“
(1A) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act, in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the minimum size in relation to sea fish of the description of velvet crab a size of 70 millimetres.”; and
(c) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”.
4 

(1) The Undersized Edible Crabs (Scotland) Order 2000 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Schedule 2 (minimum landing sizes), after the entry relating to the area of coast surrounding the Firth of Forth, insert—“

Column 1Area of coast Column 2Prescribed minimum landing sizes
The coasts of the islands of the Outer Hebrides Male edible crabs: 150mm
 Female edible crabs: 150mm”.
5 

(1) The Undersized Lobsters (Scotland) Order 2000 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In article 3 (prescribed minimum size for landing lobsters)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “For” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1A), for”;
(b) after paragraph (1) insert—“
(1A) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act, in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the minimum size for lobsters a size of—
(a) from 29th May 2015 to 28th May 2016, both dates inclusive, 88 millimetres;
(b) on or after 29th May 2016, 90 millimetres.”; and
(c) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”.
6 

(1) For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in Scotland of any sea fish of any description, which does not meet such requirements as to size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), in relation to landing in the Outer Hebrides, there is prescribed as the maximum size in relation to sea fish of the description of female lobster a size of 145 millimetres.
(2) In this article, “size”, in relation to a lobster, means the length of the carapace parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace and is to be measured as shown in Schedule 1.
(3) Landing from foreign fishing boats is exempted from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1).
7 

(1) The landing in Scotland of any crippled female lobster, caught in the waters specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, is prohibited.
(2) In this article, “crippled female lobster” means a female lobster missing—
(a) part of, or all of, its crusher claw; or
(b) part of, or all of, its cutter claw.
(3) Landing from foreign fishing boats is excepted from the prohibition imposed by paragraph (1).
RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th April 2015
SCHEDULE 1
Article 6(2)

SCHEDULE 2
Article 7(1)
1 
In this Schedule—
(a) “co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate defined on the World Geodetic 1984 Datum; and
(b) “Scottish inshore waters” means the area adjacent to the coast of Scotland and within the Scottish zone, and to the landward limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides.
2 

(1) That part of Scottish inshore waters which is bounded by the lines (the topographical descriptions of which are provided in the fourth column of the following table) which join in sequential order the co-ordinates listed and identified in the first, second and third columns.

Co-ordinate North Latitude West Longitude Topographical description of boundary line
1 58°40.31′ 005°41.06′ Loxodrome
2 58°40.13′ 005°41.04′ Loxodrome
3 58°37.29′ 005°40.77′ Loxodrome
4 58°32.91′ 005°39.67′ Loxodrome
5 58°31.48′ 005°39.62′ Loxodrome
6 58°28.71′ 005°40.57′ Loxodrome
7 58°28.31′ 005°40.64′ Loxodrome
8 58°23.42′ 005°44.40′ Loxodrome
9 58°20.09′ 005°45.82′ Loxodrome
10 58°18.63′ 005°45.87′ Loxodrome
11 58°11.76′ 005°46.49′ Loxodrome
12 58°11.06′ 005°47.07′ Loxodrome
13 58°08.09′ 005°49.07′ Loxodrome
14 58°06.95′ 005°49.79′ Loxodrome
15 58°05.96′ 005°50.49′ Loxodrome
16 58°05.41′ 005°50.97′ Loxodrome
17 58°03.91′ 005°53.77′ Loxodrome
18 58°03.48′ 005°54.49′ Loxodrome
19 58°01.91′ 005°59.09′ Loxodrome
20 58°01.63′ 005°59.69′ Loxodrome
21 57°59.28′ 006°02.37′ Loxodrome
22 57°52.83′ 006°04.10′ Loxodrome
23 57°50.90′ 006°04.68′ Loxodrome
24 57°49.43′ 006°05.35′ Loxodrome
25 57°49.18′ 006°10.38′ Loxodrome
26 57°48.53′ 006°16.88′ Loxodrome
27 57°48.60′ 006°18.02′ Loxodrome
28 57°48.83′ 006°21.33′ Loxodrome
29 57°50.62′ 006°26.28′ Loxodrome
30 57°50.77′ 006°27.25′ Loxodrome
31 57°51.15′ 006°30.28′ Loxodrome
32 57°50.96′ 006°31.08′ Loxodrome
33 57°48.16′ 006°34.86′ Loxodrome
34 57°45.60′ 006°37.38′ Loxodrome
35 57°44.43′ 006°37.91′ Loxodrome
36 57°43.55′ 006°38.73′ Loxodrome
37 57°43.25′ 006°38.93′ Loxodrome
38 57°42.26′ 006°43.33′ Loxodrome
39 57°41.75′ 006°44.58′ Loxodrome
40 57°40.72′ 006°46.93′ Loxodrome
41 57°39.52′ 006°48.68′ Loxodrome
42 57°38.77′ 006°49.61′ Loxodrome
43 57°37.88′ 006°50.29′ Loxodrome
44 57°36.25′ 006°50.93′ Loxodrome
45 57°34.88′ 006°53.08′ Loxodrome
46 57°34.45′ 006°53.84′ Loxodrome
47 57°33.45′ 006°54.76′ Loxodrome
48 57°32.08′ 006°55.91′ Loxodrome
49 57°31.87′ 006°56.06′ Loxodrome
50 57°31.52′ 006°56.28′ Loxodrome
51 57°31.12′ 006°56.41′ Loxodrome
52 57°30.15′ 006°57.14′ Loxodrome
53 57°29.36′ 006°57.53′ Loxodrome
54 57°26.18′ 006°58.96′ Loxodrome
55 57°24.92′ 006°59.29′ Loxodrome
56 57°23.68′ 006°59.09′ Loxodrome
57 57°20.72′ 006°58.44′ Loxodrome
58 57°20.62′ 006°58.38′ Loxodrome
59 57°19.33′ 006°57.08′ Loxodrome
60 57°18.57′ 006°56.54′ Loxodrome
61 57°17.25′ 006°55.83′ Loxodrome
62 57°15.92′ 006°55.16′ Loxodrome
63 57°14.48′ 006°54.78′ Loxodrome
64 57°12.29′ 006°54.08′ Loxodrome
65 57°10.92′ 006°52.91′ Loxodrome
66 57°10.77′ 006°52.71′ Loxodrome
67 57°04.85′ 006°54.84′ Loxodrome
68 57°03.55′ 006°55.99′ Loxodrome
69 57°02.78′ 006°56.54′ Loxodrome
70 57°01.17′ 006°57.78′ Loxodrome
71 56°56.37′ 007°01.14′ Loxodrome
72 56°56.14′ 007°01.24′ Loxodrome
73 56°54.57′ 007°01.67′ Loxodrome
74 56°53.37′ 007°01.92′ Loxodrome
75 56°51.25′ 007°02.24′ Loxodrome
76 56°49.15′ 007°02.34′ Loxodrome
77 56°47.47′ 007°01.97′ Loxodrome
78 56°45.89′ 007°05.89′ Loxodrome
79 56°45.09′ 007°08.31′ Loxodrome
80 56°44.54′ 007°10.12′ Loxodrome
81 56°43.19′ 007°13.69′ Loxodrome
82 56°32.86′ 007°29.30′ Loxodrome
83 56°30.97′ 007°33.56′ Boundary line following the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters
84 58°40.31′ 005°41.06′ 
(2) Those parts of Scottish inshore waters which are adjacent to the following Scottish islands (the centroid co-ordinates which are listed in the second and third columns of the following table) and are bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters.

Island North Latitude West Longitude
St Kilda (Hirta) 57°48.96′ 008°35.53′
St Kilda (Boreray) 57°52.19′ 008°29.45′
Sula Sgeir 59°05.73′ 006°09.38′
North Rona 59°07.39′ 005°49.56′
Flannan Isles (Eilean a Ghoba) 58°16.94′ 007°38.90′
Flannan Isles (Eilean Mor) 58°17.15′ 007°35.29′
Flannan Isles (Soraidh) 58°16.43′ 007°35.34′