Crawfish closure in English waters, affecting all licence schedules in ICES Area 7.
The variation effective from 00:01hrs Monday 05 February 2024 is as follows:
Crawfish Closure in ICES Area 7
Affecting O10m licence categories A (11), B (31), and C (41) and 10m and Under licence categories A (91)
From 00:01 hrs on 5th February to 23:59 hrs on 30th April 2024, licenses will not be authorised for:
- fishing for
- retaining on board
- storing, or
- landing
crawfish (Palinurus spp) caught in English waters of ICES subarea 7.