Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the Solent Oyster Fishery Order 1980 by conferring on the local fisheries committee for the Southern Sea Fisheries District (“the Committee”) the right additionally to regulate a fishery for clams (article 3).
The Order also makes the following variations of substance—
the area of the fishery is amended by reference to a new definitive map (article 4);
the requirement to possess a licence when handpicking oysters from the shore is removed (article 6);
a new article relating to the issue and use of licences for clams is inserted (article 7);
a toll of £30.00 for the issue of a licence to take clams is introduced (article 8); and
provisions have been introduced to preserve the rights of navigation bodies and to enable the Committee to grant exemptions to persons who wish to dredge, fish for or take oysters or clams for scientific purposes (article 11).