Closure: Cockles and Mussels, the Wash - The shellfish fisheries in the Wash, excluding the Le Strange estate, will be closed under Byelaw 8 from 4 January 2023.
What is happening?
Eastern Inshore
Fisheries and
Conservation Authority
Closure:
Cockles and Mussels, the Wash
The shellfish fisheries in the Wash, excluding the Le Strange estate, will be closed under Byelaw 8 from 4 January 2023. The fishery has been closed for the purposes of protection of the fishery, fishery management and control of exploitation.
No person shall, without the prior written authority of the Clerk of the Committee fish for, remove, take or disturb any shellfish from a bed or part of a bed that has been closed under this byelaw. The fishery will remain closed until 3 January 2024
A chart of the area is available from www.eastern-ifca.gov.uk and on request from Eastern IFCA (contact details below).
For further information please contact:
Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
6 North Lynn Business Village
Bergen Way
King’s Lynn
Norfolk PE30 2JG
Phone No: (01553) 775321; Email: mail@eastern-ifca.gov.uk
