Requirement to check the status of a cockle bed
- Check Welsh Government website daily before fishing for cockles
Welsh Statutory Instrument
2024
United Kingdom
The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024
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What's here
9 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Prohibition on fishing at night
- Do not fish for cockles between sunset and sunrise
Restriction on the use of vessels
- Do not use a vessel over 10m for cockle fishing
A permit holder must notify the Welsh Ministers if the...
- Notify Welsh Ministers of any vessel detail changes
Daily catch returns
- Submit daily catch returns within 2 days
Gathering and sorting of cockles
- Sort and wash cockles before putting them in containers
(1) The permit holder must not have in their possession...
- Do not use or possess net bags on cockle beds
Requirement to carry and produce the permit
- Carry and produce your cockle fishing permit
Browse 8 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
(1) The specified area lies within the following limits—
The following conditions apply to all permits issued by the...
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010
The Cockles and Mussels (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2011
Byelaws of the former North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee
Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee
(1) The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No...
(1) The Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries...
Permit conditions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Welsh Ministers must consult and notify permit holders before varying or removing permit conditions Crown / Minister / Government department
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Title, application and coming into force
Interpretation
Prohibition
Restriction on fishing activity
Assessment of cockle beds
Duty to open a cockle bed
Duty to close a cockle bed
Requirement for a permit
Persons entitled to a permit
Application for a permit
Permit fees
Production of permits and additional requirements
Exemptions
Re-deposit of cockles
Declarations, notices and permits
Revocations and amendments: general
Revocations and amendments: Burry Inlet cockle fishery
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