Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

215 Prohibited implements

(1) In the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c. 51), section 1 (prohibited implements) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in paragraph (a)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (iv) after “gaff,” insert “tailer,”;

(b) for “salmon, trout or freshwater fish” substitute “salmon, trout, eels, lampreys, smelt, shad, freshwater fish and any specified fish in any waters”.

(3) In that subsection, in paragraph (b), for “salmon, trout or freshwater fish” substitute “any such fish in any waters”.

(4) In that subsection, in paragraph (c), for “any salmon, trout or freshwater fish” substitute “any such fish in any waters”.

(5) After that subsection insert—

“(1A) In this section “specified fish” means fish of such description as may be specified for the purposes of this section by order under section 40A below.

(1B) The appropriate national authority may by order amend subsection (1)(a) above so as to—

(a) add any instrument to it; or

(b) remove any instrument for the time being specified in it.”

(6) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) References in this section to any waters include waters adjoining the coast of England and Wales to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.”

(7) The following are omitted—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “Subject to subsection (4) below,”;

(b) subsection (4).