2014 No. 176
Aquaculture
Fish Farming
Shellfish

The Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (Specification of Commercially Damaging Species) Order 2014

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(1) of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 20131 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (Specification of Commercially Damaging Species) Order 2014 and comes into force on 23rd August 2014.

Commercially damaging species2.

For the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 Mytilus trossulus2 is specified as a commercially damaging species.
PAUL WHEELHOUSE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies Mytilus trossulus, a form of mussel, as a commercially damaging species for the purposes of chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”). Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Act makes provision concerning the notification and control of such species. Failure to notify the presence of a commercially damaging species in accordance with section 15(1) or (2) of the Act is an offence.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and a copy is available from Marine Scotland, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.