Result of advertising the proposed Salmon and Sea Trout Protection Byelaws
We submitted the byelaws to government in the summer of 2018, taking into consideration the 1350 responses that we received. The byelaws were confirmed, with amendments, in December 2018. They came into force on the 1 January 2019 and mean the following restrictions are in place in England and on the Border Esk:
The confirmed byelaws are provided in the “files” section along with the documents that supported their confirmation.
Table1: ‘Recovering Rivers’ where mandatory catch and release of salmon is required
Name of River |
County |
Allen |
Cornwall |
Aln |
Northumberland |
Alt |
Merseyside |
Annas |
Cumbria |
Avill |
Somerset |
Bela |
Cumbria |
Belford Burn |
Northumberland |
Blackeney Brook or Blackpool Brook |
Gloucestershire |
Blyth |
Northumberland |
Bristol Avon |
|
Brit |
Dorset |
Derwent |
Durham and Northumberland |
Don |
Tyne & Wear |
Doniford |
Somerset |
Ellen |
Cumbria |
Ems |
West Sussex |
Fal |
Cornwall |
Gilpin |
Cumbria |
Harbourne |
Devon |
Heddon |
Devon |
Keer |
Lancashire |
Lerryn |
Cornwall |
Looe |
Cornwall |
Medway |
Sussex and Kent |
Meon |
Hampshire |
Mersey |
|
Mite |
Cumbria |
Otter |
Devon |
Ouse |
Yorkshire |
Par |
Cornwall |
Parrett |
Dorset and Somerset |
Porth |
Cornwall |
Seaton |
Cornwall |
Sid |
Devon |
Skelton Beck |
North Yorkshire |
Skinningrove Beck |
North Yorkshire |
Stour |
Kent |
Team |
Durham and Tyne and Wear |
Thames |
|
Trent |
Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire |
Valency |
Cornwall |
Wampool |
Cumbria |
Wansbeck |
Northumberland |
Waren Burn |
Northumberland |
Washford |
Somerset |
Waver |
Cumbria |
Weaver |
Cheshire |
Winster |
Cumbria |
The Environment Agency have introduced these restrictions on fishing in England and on the Border Esk in response to the international decline in salmon stocks. Salmon stock numbers are currently among the lowest on record and are below sustainable levels in many rivers.
We would like to thank all those who responded to the advertising of these byelaws.
We are advertising new byelaws for salmon and sea trout net and rod fisheries in England and on the Border Esk.
If you would like to object, or provide support, to these proposed byelaws then please use the "Respond online" link below. Here we have set out the byelaws in four separate sections and you will be able to respond to each section separately. The sections are:
There are 11 questions in total and if you provide a response to each section we estimate it will take you 60 - 90 minutes to respond.
The advertising period for proposed salmon and sea trout protection byelaws in England and on the Border Esk has now closed and we would like to thank all those that responded during the advertising period.
If you response contained an objection to the proposed byelaws we will reply to your objection shortly.
Thank you
Heidi Stone
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