Summary and Background Part 1: Marine Management Organisation Nature conservation Section 11: Sea Fisheries (Wildlife Conservation) Act 1992
70.This Act places the Secretary of State under a duty when discharging any sea fisheries functions to “have regard to the conservation of marine flora and fauna” and to try to achieve a reasonable balance between this consideration and any other considerations to which he is required to have regard.
71.This section places the MMO under the same duty as the Secretary of State under this Act; when discharging any sea fisheries functions the MMO must “have regard to the conservation of marine flora and fauna” and to try to achieve a reasonable balance between this consideration and any other considerations to which it is required to have regard.