Closure of Cockle Beds in Kent & Essex district

CLOSURE OF BEDS BYELAW The Kent & Essex IFCA gives notice that the whole of its District, outside the area of the Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 1994, will be closed to fishing for cockles for the period commencing at midnight on 31 December 2014 and ending at midnight on 31 December 2015 with the exception of specified periods in specified areas. A list of specified periods and areas, authorising the taking of cockles, subject to the conditions of the byelaws, will be provided to each permit holder. PETER SASS Clerk to the Kent & Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority