http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/607/article/3/enactedThe Shellfish (Specified Sea Area) (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Wales) Order 2003BirdsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-05SEA FISHERIES, WALES 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. By virtue of Section 22 of that Act sea fish includes shellfish. 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. 3 The use of hydraulic dredging to recover bivalve molluscs in the specified sea area is hereby prohibited.