# Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013, Section 11: Specification of commercially damaging species


(1) The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of this Chapter, by order specify as a commercially damaging species—
(a) a species of fish or shellfish,
(b) any other species of animal,
(c) a species of plant.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may make an order under subsection (1) in relation to a species only if they consider that the species—
(a) if not controlled, would be likely to have a significant adverse impact on the economic or commercial interests of a person who carries on a business of fish farming or shellfish farming, and
(b) is itself of little or no commercial value.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/7/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2013/section-11
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