Shellfish (Specified Sea Area) (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 607 (W. 81) of 2003).
Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
Section 5 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 contains a power to prohibit all fishing for sea fish, or a specific type of sea fish, or a specific method of fishing either sea fish generally or sea fish of a particular description. Section 5A of the Act permits the power to make an order under section 5 to be used for marine environmental purposes. The power is exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales in relation to the territorial sea adjacent to Wales. That part of the sea off the South Wales coast described in article 2 of the Order has been identified as a potential Special Protection Area for the purposes of the Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EEC). The area in question is an important site for non-breeding Common Scoter, and this Order prohibits the use of hydraulic dredging for bivalve molluscs in that area. Scientific and other exemptions are contained in section 9 of the 1967 Act.
Attached files
Web site
Date of text
Entry into force notes
Entry into force on 9 March 2003.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No