Part 7Fisheries
Chapter 3Migratory and freshwater fish
Supplementary
I1230Duties of the Environment Agency
1
Section 6 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) (general duties of the Agency) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (6), for the words from “salmon” to the end substitute “fisheries of—
a
salmon, trout, eels, lampreys, smelt and freshwater fish, and
b
fish of such other description as may be specified for the purposes of this subsection by order under section 40A of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975”.
3
In subsection (8), at the end insert—
“salmon”, “trout”, “eels”, “smelt”, “fish” and “freshwater fish” have the same meanings as in the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975