Section 4 Interpretation.

In this Act—

• “eggs” include milt;

• “fish” includes shellfish;

• “freshwater fish” means any fish living in fresh water including eels and the fry of eels, but excluding salmon;

• “Minister” means

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales;

• “salmon” includes all migratory fish of the species Salmo salar and Salmo trutta commonly known as salmon and sea trout respectively;

• “shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any spat or spawn of shellfish.