The chancellor, AlistairDarling, insisted that the emphasisshould beput onincreasingrequirements forBanks to hold capitalrather than imposinganinternationalsystemoflimits to bonuses.
Mr Riseley said he had been discussing this plan with operators and it would be roughly the same as the systemoflimits used throughout the European Union.
Since the mid-1990s, with the introduction of a quota system that limits the amount of oysters that could be harvesters, the annual haul has rebounded to an average of 72, 000 bushels in the past 10 years.