Sea Fisheries Committee

[4] Each SFC was granted the authority to make bylaws which applied in its district, under powers conferred by the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966.

[5] The Glamorgan Sea Fisheries District Committee, set up in 1890, and the Milford Haven Sea Fisheries Committee, set up in 1892, merged in 1912 to become the South Wales Sea Fisheries District Committee.

[4] On 1 April 2010, the North Western and North Wales SFC became the North West SFC, with responsibility for the Welsh part of its district transferred to the Welsh Government,[6] along with those of the South Wales SFC, both under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No.

1, Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I.

[7][8] On 1 April 2011, the SFCs were replaced by ten Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities.