198 Power to restrict fishing for sea fish
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c 23) | Legislation

198  Power to restrict fishing for sea fish

(1)     Section 5 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c 84) (power to restrict fishing for sea fish) is amended as follows.

(2)     For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)     Subject to the provisions of this section, the appropriate national authority may make an order—

(a)     prohibiting, in any area specified in the order and either for a period so specified or without limitation of time—

(i)     all fishing for sea fish;

(ii)     fishing for any description of sea fish specified in the order;

(iii)     fishing for sea fish, or for any description of sea fish specified in the order, by any method so specified;

(b)     restricting, in any area specified in the order and either for a period so specified or without limitation of time, the amount of sea fish,

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