{"id":569,"date":"2020-09-25T12:13:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T12:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:32:54","slug":"fishery-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=569","title":{"rendered":"Fishery Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSFOMA is responsible for managing the mussel fishery within the &#8220;Fishery Order&#8221; boundary in the eastern Menai Strait (see the map below).\u00a0 The legal basis for managing this area is explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=35\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1hXgdUz-vwYUFEk05sCQL2eoKNYqnAtNU&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Within this area, MSFOMA has the legal authority to:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lease the right to cultivate shellfish in areas known as &#8220;layings&#8221;; and<\/li>\n<li>Licence operators to harvest any wild mussels that occur in the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At present (September 2020) all of the 8 mussel &#8220;layings&#8221; within the Fishery Order are occupied.\u00a0 There are currently very few wild mussels outside these areas in the Fishery Order area, and no licences have been issued this year.<\/p>\n<h3>Applying for a lease or licence<\/h3>\n<p>If you are interested in being placed on the waiting list for either a lease or a licence you can make an application to MSFOMA either on-line or using an application form which can be downloaded and posted to us.\u00a0 These are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=527\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MSFOMA has a formal policy for issuing leases and licences.\u00a0 This makes it clear how we take decisions when opportunities to re-issue leases or licences arise.\u00a0 These policies can be viewed and downloaded from this website:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Licensing polic<\/strong>y &#8211; the current (2020) policy can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=574\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leasing policy<\/strong> &#8211; the current (2020) policy can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=581\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any queries about applying for a lease or licence, or if you want to make any enquiries about an application that you have submitted you can contact us by post or <a href=\"mailto:info@msfoma.org?subject=Enquiry%20About%20MSFOMA%20Licences%20and%20Leases\">e-mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSFOMA is responsible for managing the mussel fishery within the &#8220;Fishery Order&#8221; boundary in the eastern Menai Strait (see the map below).\u00a0 The legal basis for managing this area is explained here. Within this area, MSFOMA has the legal authority &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/?page_id=569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msfoma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}