# The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024, Paragraph 4: Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee

Extent: E+W

(1) The Byelaws of the former South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee are amended as follows.
(2) In Byelaw 13 (Shellfish – Minimum Sizes) , omit paragraph c).
(3) Byelaw 21 (Prohibition of Night Gathering of Cockles) is revoked.
(4) In Byelaw 22 (Allowance for Weighing), at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.
(5) In Byelaw 23 (Shellfish – Re-Deposit of)—
(a) omit “, and in re-depositing cockles (Crerastoderma edule), in accordance with this Byelaw shall spread them thinly and evenly over the beds”;
(b) at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.
(6) In Byelaw 24 (Temporary Closure of Shellfish Fisheries), after paragraph ii insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.
(7) In Byelaw 40 (Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish - Methods of Fishing), at the end insert “This Byelaw does not apply in relation to cockles”.
(8) Byelaw 47 (Permit to Take Cockles within the Three Rivers Estuary) is revoked.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/767/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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