# The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 W.S.I. 2003/416 · made 26 February 2003 This Order amends the Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”), in relation to Wales, by —providing that the National Assembly for Wales is to be the licensing authority in respect of the prohibition in the 1998 Order on the keeping or release of specified fish except under licence (article 2(a)); andsubstituting a new Schedule for that contained in the 1998 Order specifying the species of fish to which that Order will apply (article 2(b)). The new Schedule adds to the species contained in the original Schedule. Made under: Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 (Section 1) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-keeping-or-release-of-live-fish-specified-species-amendment-wales-order-2003/pdf/wsi_20030416_mi.pdf ## Introductory text RIVER, WALES SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES Made 26th February 2003 Coming into force 1st March 2003 The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 1(1) of the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf; and, in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act, after consultation with the Countryside Council for Wales and English Nature and such other persons as it considers appropriate; and being of the opinion that the species of live fish to which this Order applies might compete with, displace, prey or harm the habitat of any freshwater fish, shellfish or salmon in Wales, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Title, commencement and application (1) This Order is called the Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st March 2003. (2) This Order applies in relation to Wales only. ## 2 Amendment The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) Order 1998 shall be amended as follows — (a) in Article 2 (which prohibits the keeping or release of specified fish except under licence) for the words “the Minister” there is substituted the words “the National Assembly for Wales”; and (b) for the Schedule (which specifies the species of fish whose keeping or release is prohibited except under licence) there is substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order. ## Signature Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 D. Elis-Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 26th February 2003 ## Schedule THE “SCHEDULE SPECIES OF FISH WHOSE KEEPING OR RELEASE IN ANY PART OF WALES IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT UNDER AUTHORITY OF A LICENCE GRANTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Asp Aspius aspius Barbel species species of the genus Barbus (excluding The native Barbus barbus) Bass species (including striped bass, white bass and their crosses e.g. hybrid striped bass) species of the genus Morone Big-head carp Aristicthys nobilis Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus/Rhodeus amarus Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus Blageon Leuciscus souffia Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Blue bream Abramis ballerus Burbot Lota lota Catfish species of the genera Ictalurus, Amerius and Silurus Charr species (including American Brook Trout) species of the genus Salvelinus (excluding the native alvelinusalpinus) Chinese black or snail-eating carp Mylopharyngodon piceus Chinese Sucker (also known as Zebra Hi Fin, banded shark/sucker) Myxocyprinus asiaticus Common White Sucker Catostomus commersoni Danubian bleak Chalcalburnus chalcoides Danubian Salmon & Taimen species of the genus Hucho Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea European Mudminnow Umbra krameri Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds) Pimephales promelas Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chub Zaacco platypus Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella Landlocked salmon non-anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar Large-mouthed black bass Micropterus salmoides Marbled trout Salmo marmoratus Nase Chondrostoma nasus Northern Redbelly Dace (common minnow) Phoxinus/Chrosomus eos Pacific salmon and trout (excluding rainbow trout but including steelheads) Species of the genus Oncorhynchus Paddlefish species of the genera Polyodon and Psepherus Perch species species of the genus Perca (excluding the native Perca fluviatilis) Pike-perch (including zander) species of the genus Stizostedion Pike species species of the genus Esox (excluding the native Esox lucius) Red shiner Cyprinella/Notropis lutrensis Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris Schneider Alburnoides bipunctatus Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Snakeheads, Northern or Chinese Channa argus Small mouth bass Micropterus dolomieu Southern Redbelly Dace (common minnow) Phoxinus/Chrosomus ertythrogaster Sturgeon or sterlet species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless Minnow Leucaspius delineatus Sunfish, including Pumpkinseed, (also basses crappies & bluegills) Species of the genus Lepomis Topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva Toxostome (or French nase) Chondrostoma toxostoma Vimba Vimba vimba Weather fish Misgurnus fossilis Whitefish species species of the genus Coregonus (excluding the native Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula) ” ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”), in relation to Wales, by — (1) providing that the National Assembly for Wales is to be the licensing authority in respect of the prohibition in the 1998 Order on the keeping or release of specified fish except under licence (article 2(a)); and (2) substituting a new Schedule for that contained in the 1998 Order specifying the species of fish to which that Order will apply (article 2(b)). The new Schedule adds to the species contained in the original Schedule. A regulatory appraisal has been prepared in relation to this Order and deposited in the library of the National Assembly. Copies may be obtained from: The Fisheries Branch, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/416 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-keeping-or-release-of-live-fish-specified-species-amendment-wales-order-2003 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.