WHELK MANAGEMENT MEASURES 2020

Welsh Government has started a consultation on measures to manage the Whelk fishery.

They are proposing to introduce:

• an authorisation scheme for licenced and registered UK vessels fishing for whelks (Buccinum undatum) with pots in the Welsh zone;
• an annual limit on the total amount of whelk that can be taken from the Welsh zone; and
• a flexible monthly landing cap for authorised vessels.

Responses online or by post are required by 7 June 2020.

Details on how to respond online or by post along with the consultation document can be found here: https://gov.wales/whelk-management-measures-2020