# The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024, Article 6: Duty to open a cockle bed

Extent: E+W

The Welsh Ministers must by declaration, open a cockle bed if an assessment carried out under article 5 has concluded that—
(a) there is a harvestable surplus, and
(b) opening the cockle bed subject to conditions on fishing for or taking cockles from that bed will not adversely affect the integrity of a relevant protected site.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/767/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/article-6
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