Delegated Powers in respect of tags for fishing pots.

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A decision made (03/04/2007) regarding: Delegated Powers in respect of tags for fishing pots.

Subject:	Delegated Powers in respect of tags for fishing pots
Decision Reference:	MD-E-2007-0076		Exempt clause(s):	n/a
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):	n/a
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	n/a		Report File ref:	6.1.1
Written report – Title	Sea Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Amendment No. 4)(Jersey) Regulations 2007 – Delegated Powers
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Mike Smith – Senior Fisheries Inspector
Decision(s): The Minister approved the attached list of delegations and authorisations which supersedes the list agreed on 7 February 2007 (MD-E-2007-0037).
Reason(s) for decision: The Sea Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Amendment No. 4)(Jersey) Regulations 2007 introduce a requirement that pots used to catch certain types of shellfish by commercial fishermen need to have identifying tags attached to them. The regulations allow the Minister to decide the type of tag and the year/years for which tags are valid and to make exemptions from the need for pot tags in special circumstances. The Minister is also able to issue “lost pot tags” and to set the conditions to be attached to any exemption permit. In order to manage this scheme on a day to day basis it is necessary for the Minister to make the new delegations and authorisations on the amended list.
Action required: To request Angela Rayson, Publications Editor, States Greffe to present the amended list of delegations and authorisations as a Report to the States.
Signature: Senator Philip Ozouf Minister for Economic Development		Date of Decision: 3 April 2007