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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order confers on the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (“the Authority”) for a period of 30 years a right to regulate a shell fishery in the River Fal. The fishery area is described in the Schedule.
Article 2 confers the right to regulate the fishery and article 3 requires the Authority to publish and review its management plan for the fishery. Article 4 allows the Authority, with the consent of the Secretary of State, to make regulations respecting fishing activities, and to carry out and authorise the carrying out of fisheries management and development activities. Article 5 sets out restrictions which apply to fishing in the fishery and prohibits unlicensed fishing. Article 6 relates to licences and applications for licences, and article 9 to the tolls payable in respect of those licences. Article 7 relates to the gathering of oysters and mussels by hand. Article 8 relates to the bagging and labelling of oysters and mussels. Articles 10 and 11 restrict the removal of culch and provide for the marking out of the fishery area. Article 12 requires the Authority to provide the Secretary of State with annual accounts and other information and to permit the inspection of the fishery area and accounting records. Article 13 confirms that the Order does not prejudicially affect the rights of landowners and lessees, and article 14 confirms that the Order does not affect the lawful rights of statutory undertakers.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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