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(1)The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of this Chapter, by order specify as a commercially damaging species—
(a)a species of fish or shellfish,
(b)any other species of animal,
(c)a species of plant.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may make an order under subsection (1) in relation to a species only if they consider that the species—
(a)if not controlled, would be likely to have a significant adverse impact on the economic or commercial interests of a person who carries on a business of fish farming or shellfish farming, and
(b)is itself of little or no commercial value.
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