That meeting was chaired by my noble friend Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish who was then chairman of the Sea Fish Industry Authority. The meeting unanimously identified the introduction of flexibility as the key to removing the adversarial element of the current situation. In addition, this Bill will contribute to sustainable development. It will help enterprises in some of our most remote and rural costal communities. It also promises conservation benefits through making several orders less objectionable.
Research shows that several orders enhance recruitment to the natural fisheries.
This Bill is the result of extended and extensive consultation and has attracted wide approval. I beg to move. I know that the Scottish fishermen have been opposed to several orders as they saw them curbing their rights to creel in those areas where several orders would apply. As we have heard from the noble Lord, this Bill enables the orders that introduce a several fishery to exclude certain types of fishing only, allowing creeling to continue. I am from the west country fishery where circumstances are somewhat different, but their several orders have worked very well indeed for many years.