Summary and Background Part 6: Management of Inshore Fisheries Inshore fisheries and conservation districts and authorities Section 149: Establishment of inshore fisheries and conservation districts
423.This section provides for the Secretary of State to establish IFC districts. Such districts are to be established by order and will consist of one or more local authority areas that have a seashore. The seaward extent of a district will be determined in the order establishing that district. The term “seashore” is defined in section 186.
424.Subsection (3) requires the Secretary of State to consult certain people and organisations before making an order establishing an IFC district.