Paragraph 5

For section 4(8) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(8)

The licensing powers conferred on the Board by this section may be exercised, in consultation with the Ministers, so as to limit the number of fishing boats, or of any class of fishing boats, engaged in fishing in any area, or in fishing in any area for any description of fish, to such extent as appears to the Ministers and the Board to be necessary or expedient for the regulation of sea fishing.”.