Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Wales) Order 2015 (W.S.I. No. 88 (W. 7) of 2015).

These Regulations control the keeping and introduction of non-native fish in inland waters in Wales. They prohibit the keeping or release in Wales, without a licence issued under the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 any species of live non-native freshwater fish, or the live eggs of any such fish, belonging to the taxonomic orders listed in the table in Part 1 of the Schedule. This Order does not apply where a person holds a permit for the introduction of those fish under Council Regulation (EC) No. 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture and some other specified circumstances. Offences are defined and penalties prescribe for such offences. This Order does not apply to the keeping or release of live fish in inland waters.