Summary and Background Part 6: Management of Inshore Fisheries Chapter 3: Inshore Fisheries in Wales Section 193: Miscellaneous amendments
497.This section amends the Coast Protection Act 1949 to include the Welsh Ministers as representatives on Coast Protection Boards in relation to any powers or duties that they have in relation to fishing and fisheries. It also amends the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to allow the Welsh Ministers to authorise the killing of wild birds for purposes relating to fishing or fisheries (as IFCAs will have similar powers).