{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tollesbury-and-mersea-blackwater-fishery-order-2019/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tollesbury-and-mersea-blackwater-fishery-order-2019/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/974",
  "legislation_title": "The Tollesbury and Mersea (Blackwater) Fishery Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tollesbury-and-mersea-blackwater-fishery-order-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order grants the Tollesbury and Mersea Native Oyster Fishery Company Limited (“the Grantee”) a right of several fishery. This is the exclusive right to deposit, propagate, dredge, fish for and take clams, mussels and oysters in the River Blackwater for the period of 20 years beginning with 14th July 2019.\nThe area in respect of which the right is conferred lies within the Blackwater River in the county of Essex, the boundary line of which is determined by joining each of the sequential sets of co-ordinates set out in the Schedule. The area is shown (for illustrative purposes only) delineated on the map below. The area comprises approximately 10.93 square kilometres.\nArticle 4 requires the Grantee to manage the fishery in accordance with the management plan as defined in article 1(3). Article 6 provides for the periodic review of the management plan. The management plan is available for inspection at the registered office of the Grantee (15 High Street, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8QA), and eletronically ( http://merseanativeoysters.co.uk/ ).\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/974/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:40:07.965584+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}