Summary and Background Part 1: Marine Management Organisation Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 Section 6: Trans-shipment licences for vessels
57.Section 4A of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 and legislation made under that section prohibits a vessel within British fishery limits (except the Scottish zone) from receiving, without a licence, fish that is trans-shipped from another vessel. This section transfers to the MMO the functions of the Secretary of State in licensing vessels involved in the trans-shipment of fish.