SUMMARY OF FISHERIES STATISTICS 1990

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1 NRA NORTH WEST 66 tty NRA SUMMARY OF FISHERIES STATISTICS 1990 ISSN

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3 SUMMARY OF FISHERIES STATISTICS, loan FSHiSTi CONTKMTS ^ n a t i o n a l r i v e r s a u t h o r i t y, Summary of fisheries 1. Catch Statistics statistics AGVW Rod and line catches (from licence returns) Salmon Migratory Trout 1.2 Commercial catches Salmon Migratory Trout 2. Fish Culture and Hatchery Operations 2.1 Brood fish collection 2.2 Hatchery operations and salmon and sea trout stocking Warwick Bridge & Cockermouth Hatcheries Humbers of ova laid down Salmon and sea trout planting (Holmwrangle) Middleton Hatchery Nuiricrs of ova laid down _ Salmon and sea trout planting Witcherwell Hatchery Numbers of ova laid down Salmon and sea trout planting (Holmwrangle) Salmon and sea trout planting (Witcher Well) Salmon planting from non NWW/NRA Hatchery Sources 1.

4 Restocking with Trout and Freshwater Fish 3.1 Non-migratory trout ^ ^ Stocking by Angling Associations etc., and Farms Fish Stocking by NRA Northern Area Central Area Southern Area 3.2 Freshwater Fish Stocking by Angling Associations, etc Fish transfers carried out by NRA Fish rescues carried out by NRA Fish Grants from NRA Stocks Fisheries Surveys Fish Movement Recorded at Authority Fish Counters 4.1 River Lune 4.2 River Kent 4.3 River Derwent 4.4 River Esk (S.W. Cumbria) 4.5 River Ribble Catchment 4.6 River Leven 4.7 River Duddon Counts of Salmon and Sea Trout Spawning Redds 5.1 Northern Area 5.2 Central Area 2.

5 6. Fish Mortalities 6.1 Significant fish kills reported^during-year _ Northern Area Central Area Southern Area 6.2 Numbers of diseased fish removed during year 7. Details of Fisheries Prosecutions 8. Numbers of Rod and Commercial Fishing Licences issued 8.1 Rod and line 8.2 Instruments other than rod and line 8.3 Number of persons engaged in commercial salmon and trout fishing 8.4 General licences 8.5 Temporary licences 3.

6 1. CATCH STATISTICS 1.1 Rod and Line - Information from Anglers returns Salmon Rod Catches by River and Month 1990 RIVER JAN. FEB. MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. TOTAL AVERAGE WEIGHT (lb) DAYS EFFORT Border Esk (England). 1 2 ] Eden Derwent I) Cocker ,1 Ellen Ehen Calder I1143 Irt i850 Esk i271 Duddon L )347 Leven. Brathay i" I Crake i 466 Kent ii Lune - J Others Northern Area (i )343 (Annas,Keer,Bela) 1 Ribble Hodder Wyre *455 i) TOTALS ,732 I. I!

7 0575H Salmon Rod Catches, Historical Data RIVER No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) Border Esk (England) Eden Derwent Cocker Ellen , Ehen Calder , Irt , Esk Duddon , Leven Crake Kent Others, Northern area Lune Ribble, i- Hodder Wyre Totals and average weiahts

8 1.1.2 Migratory Trout Rod Catches by River and Month * RIVER MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT TOTAL AVERAGE WEIGHT(lb) Border Esk (England) Eden Derwent Cocker Ellen Ehen J Calder Irt Esk Duddon Leven & Brathay Crake Kent l Lune li Others, Northern Area Ribble t i Hodder i) Wyre h i1 t 1 i 1] i TOTALS i 1 *NOTE: See table for effort data.

9 1.1.2 Migratory Trout Rod Catches - Historical Data RIVER No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) Border Esk (England) Eden Derwent Cocker ' Ellen Ehen Calder Irt Esk Duddon Leven Crake Kent Lune / Others, Northern Area Ribble Hodder Wyre Totals and average weights

10 1.2 Commercial Catches bv Nets and Fixed Engines Commercial Salmon Catches by River/District and Month RIVER/DISTRICT (TYPE OF NET) FEB. MAR. APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT TOTAL AVERAGE WEIGHT (lb) I! EFFORT : NO. OF TIDES Eden & Border Esk Coastal Drift South & West Cumbria Nets & Fixed Engines ) ) ) ) 4.33) Duddon (Draw Nets) i; 242 I i! 1! i 00 Leven (Lave Nets) Kent (Lave Nets)* i' Lune (Draw Nets) Lune (Drift Nets) )t Lune (Heave Nets) ; Ribble (Drift Nets) ' *0ne return outstanding Total catch, nets and fixed engines

11 1.2.1 Commercial Salmon Catches - Historical Data RIVER No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) 1. Eden & Border Esk Coastal Drift South & West , Cumbria nets and i! fixed engines Duddon Leven Kent Lune Draw Nets ' Lune Drift Nets , l Lune Heave Nets , f Ribble li TOTALS ,

12 flfri Commercial Catches of Migratory Trout by Nets and Fixed Engines 1990 RIVER/DISTRICT APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT TOTAL AVERAGE (TYPE OF NET) WEIGHT (lb) Eden & Border Esk Coastal Drift South & West Cumbria Nets & Fixed engines Duddon (Draw Nets) Leven (Lave Nets) Kent (Lave Nets)* Lune (Draw Nets) Lune (Drift Nets) Lune (Heave Nets) Ribble (Drift Nets) Total Catch, nets and fixed engines *1 return outstanding

13 1.2.2 Commercial Catches of Migratory Trout - Historical Data RIVER No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb),wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt. (lb) No. Av.Wt.i (lb) Eden and Border Esk Coastal Drift South & West Cumbria \ Nets and fixed engines Duddon i; 1) i! Leven * o > < j.13 Kent f Lune Draw Nets IV 2.73 i: 'II Lune Drift Nets Lune Heave Nets '1 Ribble I k n s l> \) 1) 4;.67 1!

14 FISH CULTURE AND HATCHERY OPERATIONS 2.1 Broo<3 f ish collectiori ~ ~ J Salmon Sea Male Female Male Northern Area Border Esk (Logan Water) Trout Female 36 Eden System R. Ellen West Cumbria South West Cumbria Broadraine Trap 3 8 (R. Lune) Forge Weir Trap (R. Lune) R. Lune - 17 South Cumbria Rivers Central Area Ribble

15 2.2 Hatchery Operations and Salmon and Sea Trout Stocking ^ Warwick Bridge and Cockermouth -Hatcheries- * Numbers of ova laid down Species Salmon Salmon Salmon Salmon Sea Trout Sea Trout Sea Trout No. of Ova 33, ,662 87, , , Source Caldew Eden Ehen R Derwent Border Esk Ehen Bought in ex Northumbria * Ova initially laid down at these hatcheries and then transferred at eyed stage to Holmwrangle Hatchery (Lakeland Smolt Ltd) for hatching and growing on to fed fry stage Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex-holmwrangle 1990 River Fed Fry Salmon Sea Trout Pre-Smolt Salmon Eved Ova Greta 120,000 Cocker 40,000 Marron 48,000 Derwent 76,000 Ellen - 6,000 Wampool - 12,000 Eden 204,800 Eamont 22,000 Irthing 90,000 Caldew 20,000 20,000 Ehen 84,

16 0575H Middleton Hatchery Numbers of ova laid down, 1990 Species No. of ova Source Salmon 1,074, 930 Lune Salmon 74,900 S.W. Cumbria Sea Trout 226,330 South Cumbria Rivers Sea Trout 113,990 Lune Salmon and Sea Trout Planting Ex-Middleton, 1990 River Eea Bela Keer Kent Lune ~ 4- - U1C LO Wenning Hindburn Unfed Fry Salmon Sea Trout , ,650 Fed Fry* Salmon Sea Trout 581, , , ,000 * Of which 472,967 were grown from eyed ova to fed fry at Lakeland Smolt Ltd. + Of which 10,700 were microtagged prior to stocking 14.

17 2.3 Witcher Well Hatchery Numbers of Ova laid down Species No of Ova Source Salmon 172,114 Ribble * Salmon 148,679 Hodder * Salmon 56,386 Ribble Salmon 92,321 Hodder Sea Trout 55,000 Hodder These ova laid down at Witcher Well then transferred as eyed ova to Lakeland Smolt Limited for growing on to fed fry stage Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex Holmwrangle 1990 River Fed Fry Salmon Sea Trout 0 + Parr Salmon Ribble 91,300 Hodder 41,006 Wyre 22, ,000 22, , Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex Witcher Well River Ribble Hodder Wyre Fed Fry Salmon Sea Trout 11,000 20,281 12,564 11,541 6, Parr Salmon 16,604 14,309 + Tagged Fish

18 0575H Salmon Planting carried out bv NRA from Non-NRA Hatchery Sources Date Receiving No. Size Source River Coniston Lake 4, gm McConnell

19 3. RESTOCKING WITH TROUT AND FRESHWATER FISH 3.1 Non-Migratory Trout Stocking by Angling Associations and Fish Farms not excluded under Section 34 of the Salmon Act Area No. of Section 30 Total No. of Total No. of Consents Issued Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Salmon Northern Area , ,271 Central Area ,179 91,325 Southern Area 90 8,745 38, Non-migratory trout stocking carried out by NRA Northern Area Date Stocking Location Brown Trout Number Size R. Lune, Halton " R. Keer 600 7" R. Wenning 50 4 _ 6" Central Area Date Stocking Location Brown Trout Number Size Colne Water 2, " H < 14,000 Fry h ai " »i H 750 7" - 9" H II 750 7" - 9" II 800 9" - 11" Southern Area Date Stocking Location NIL Brown Trout Number Size

20 Freshwater Fish Stocking by Angling Associations, etc Numbers stocked of each species Northern Area Central Area Southern Area i 1 1 ) ii i 1 No. of Section 30 Consents Issued r Roach 2,522 10,796 38,966 f Rudd 2,556 2,278 2,424 : Bream 641 3,450 25,742 Chub l! Carp 1,004 1,914 4,897 Crucian Carp ,009 Grass Carp Koi Carp i 1 ii 18. Gold Carp f Silver Carp f. Mirror Carp ( i Eels 1, Tench ,114 \ Barbel Perch 1,114 li l i Golden Orfe Pike Mixed Coarse 2,030 5,300 - Goldfish Gudgeon - - 1,011!, I J Weis Char _ 100 j

21 3.2.2 Total number of fish transfers carried out by NRA on behalf of Angling Clubs 1990 Northern Area Central Area Southern Area No. of Transfers Roach ,250 Rudd 4-2,530 Bream 2 4,125 4,600 Chub Dace Carp ,080 Crucian Carp 4 6, Trout Tench 4-1,740 Gudgeon Perch ,550 Pike Mixed Coarse 16 14, ,800

22 3.2.3 Total number of fish rescues carried out by NRA on behalf of Angling Clubs 1990 Northern Area Central Area Southern Area Area Rescues 5 21 Roach - 2,590 26,250 Rudd ,350 Bream - _ 1,500 Chub Dace Carp Crucian Carp Trout '- ' _ 1750 Tench Gudgeon - _ 150 Perch ,660 Pike Mixed Coarse - 2, ,700

23 Area Northern Area Central Area Fish Grants from NRA Stocks 1990 Association Receiving Water Source Species No ! Size 1 j; i! 1! i! i ; Southern Area Stockport A C River Goyt Leyland Hatchery Chub 200 3"-4" : 1 1 I 1 I j i Fisheries surveys carried out in connection with Assessment, Improvement and Development of Fisheries 199( I Area Electro Fishing Netting Biological Water Analysis Advisory Visit i Northern i Area Central Area 1 Southern Area 3 Surveys 24 Sites 6 Surveys 35 Sites 25 Surveys 169 Sites 1 I 5 Surveys (> 35 Sites ' t ; & 1) 1) ! G

24 0575H 4. FISH MOVEMENT RECORDED AT AUTHORITY FISH COUNTERS ' River~Lune ~ " Month Fish under 4 lb. Broadraine Fish over 4 lb. Fish Under 4 lb. Forge Weir, Halton Fish Over 4 lb January ) No February ) Data 27 - March April May June / July , August September ,508 1,198 Oct ,311 1,258 Nov ) No 632 1,331 Dec ) - Data " 36* * 244 Total ,282 5,520 Because of flooding, counting after 20th December was incomplete. 22.

25 4.2 River Kent Month _ -- Basinghyll Fish under Fish over 4 lb 4 lb January February No information for Jan and Feb.* March 15 7 April May June July 1, August September October 1, November December Total 5,328 2, 216 *Data loss due to download fault

26 0575H 4.3 River Derwent Month Yearl Fish under 4 lb Fish over 4 lb January February March 6 18 April May June 291 1/721 July 247 2,175 August 188 4,791 September 167 2,997 October 157 1,134 November December Total 1,305 14,121

27 0575H 4.4 River Esk ( S W Cumbria) Month ~ Cropple How Fish under 4 lb Fish over 4 lb January February 13 8 March 2 3 April 6 2 May 10 2 June July August September October November December - - Total 1, No data for December due to power supply problems. 25.

28 0575H 4.5 R. Ribble Catchment --- Locks Weir = R. Ribble - Waddow Hall - R. Ribble 0 ~ Winckley Hall R. Hodder* Garstang R. Wyre 0 Month Under Over Under Over Under Over Under Over 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs 4 lbs April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec TOTAL NOTES Winckley Hall - River Hodder Because of bed rock conditions at counter, small fish counts are underestimating. 0 New Logie Counters to be installed during 1991 at Garstang (R. Wyre) and Waddow (R. Ribble).

29 0575H 4.6 River Leven New counter currently under construction - completion due June River Duddon Duddon Hall Counter suffered considerable structural damage during storms and will not be replaced.

30 5. COUNTS OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT SPAWNING REDDS 5.1 Northern Area River/Area 1986 Salmon S/Trout Eden d/s Eden Grove ( No counts ( high river ( levels Eden d/s Eden Brow) 1987 Salmon S/Trout No counts high rivers Eden u/s Temple Sowerby 204 (on tribs only) Eden d/s Temple Sowerby No counts high river levels No counts high river levels Eamont 451 Lowther 261 Irthing Gelt No counts ) high river) levels ) No counts ) high river) levels ) Border Esk ) ) Black & White Esk ) Liddell Whampool/Waver Note: In all these years high and turbid river are undoubtedly incomplete. conditions made

31 ; Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout No counts I! - high rivers , 100 (Tribs 41) (only limited amount of counting possible) Counting not possible , 23 redd counting difficult or impossible, and the figures given above

32 n 5.1 Northern Area (cont'd) River/Area Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Ellen Derwent Marron Cocker Greta Lmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Ehen Keekle (Dub Beck) No counts due to flooding Nil 23 39* _ * 98 ) ) 272 ) Calder No counts due to flooding * Irt Bleng ) ) ) Esk No counts due to flooding Mite Annas Note The majority of counts for Rivers Ellen, Derwent, Marr< shallower waters in 1986 due to high river levels. ) Heavy Flows ) prevented ) counting * Counts incomplete due to sickness absences of staff., Cocker and Greta were made only on tributaries and

33 River 5.2 Central Area Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Salmon S/Trout Duddon Crake Leven Si tribs Eea Winster Gilpin Kent & tribs Bela # Keer Lune Rawthey Dee Greta Wenning Other Lune tribs Ribble * Hodder t Wyre Conder * # High water hampered counts on the mid and upper Ribble and the Hodder Some of these will be brown trout - fish pass completed Spring

34 M 6. FISH MORTALITIES Significant Fish Kills Reported Fish Mortalities for 1990 Northern Area Date Location No Mosspaul/Eveswater 17, Crummock Beck 1, Angill Beck Woodbeck, Lamp1ugh 7, Newton Beck (R. Lune) Blind Beck, Crosby Garret River Keer Cant Beck (R. Lune) Wiza Beck Goodenburgh Lake R. Petteril 2, Black Beck/Kirk Beck 1, Bessy Beck (R. Lune) 500

35 Species Cause Salmon/Sea Trout Sea Trout Brown Trout Brown Trout/Grayling Salmon/Sea Trout Brown Trout Salmon Parr Sea Trout Salmon/Sea Trout Trout Salmon Brown Trout Bullheads Sea Trout Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Salmon/Brown Trout Rainbow Trout (Broodstock) Suspended Solids Slurry Unknown Slurry Silage Liquor Unknown Silage Silage Sewage Low O2 Farm Effluent Chemical Pollution Silage

36 s h b h m m w^m m m Fish Mortalities For 1990 Northern Area continued: - Date Location No Lancaster Canal Black Beck/Kirk Beck River Kent River Kent , River Calder ,

37 Species Roach Perch Pike Carp Juv. Salmon Trout Stoneloach Gels Lampreys Salmon/Sea Trout Brown Trout Salmon & Trout Fry Salmon & Trout Bullhead/Stoneloach Juv. Salmon Adult Salmon Trout Eel Lampreys Cause Silage Industrial Effluent Poison Industrial Effluent Industrial Effluent

38 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Central Area Date Location Butts Beck, Barnoldswick No Taylor Park Lake St. Helens Victoria Park Lake St. Helens Taylor Park Lake St. Helens River Darwin 1, Huyton Lodges Adlington River Loud

39 Species Bullheads and Stoneloach Cause Trade effluent discharge Roach Low 0- Roach Low 0- Roach Spawning Mortality Flounders Eels Dace Chub Barbel Unknown Pollution Roach Bream Carp Perch Tench Unknown Chub Brown Trout Eel Unknown

40 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Central Area continued Date Location No River Ribble River Brun Syd Brook, Eccleston Savick Brook '1,000's' Sankey Canal 1,550 Fiddlers Ferry Bashall Beck Savick Brook Fleetwood Boating Pool 1, The Sluice, Southport River Darwen "Hundreds" River Ribble Estuary 3,100

41 Species Cause Flatfish Roach Chub Unknown Bullheads Minnows Stoneloach Coarse fish, mainly Roach Chemical Pollution Unknown Small coarse fish Sewage Roach Unknown Brown Trout Small coarse fish Farm effluent Flatfish Unknown E^ls and Flounders Weedkiller Bream Sudden water loss Small coarse fish Sewage Flounders, Crabs Shrimps and Whitebait Sewage

42 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area Date Location No, Species Cause Lodge adjacent to 80 Borden Chemicals, Hollins, Nr. Bury Roach Fertilizer R. Croal/Tonge, Bolton. 'thousands of dead fish" Detergent Foam Grimsditch Mill Pool Whitley 28 Carp Unknown Limey Brook, Loveclough 500 Brown Trout Chemical Spillage Rochdale Canal, Chadderton Roach Tench Bream Unknown Swan Lodge Middleton 10 Mirror Carp Low O Blakenhall Trout Pool Nr. Nantwich Crewe 40 + Rainbow Trout Unknown

43 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area continued Date Location No Bunk Lodge, 2 Bolton Trent and Mersey Canal 22 Nr. Northwich Trent and Mersey Canal 1,000 Wheelock Bridgewater Canal, 200 Stretford Trafford Park Bunk Lodge, Bolton Trent and Mersey Canal Bridgewater Canal 200 Stretford 60

44 Species Cause Bream Carp Shot with.22 rifles Roach Perch Boat damage Gudgeon Roach High temps Mixed Coarse Unknown Carp Unknown Mixed Coarse Unknown Roach Perch Unknown

45 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area continued Date Location No Foole Brook - Elton 11 Railway Flash 4 Nr. Sandbach 17,000 1, , Swan Lodge 20 Middleton Holcombe Brook, 21 Summerseat River Irwell, Waterfoot Hesketh Reservoir, 60 Astley Bridge

46 Species Cause Mirror Carp Common Carp Roach and rudd Bream Pike Gudgeon Tench Abattoir Waste Carp Unknown Brown Trout Textile Waste Trout Bullheads Unknown Bream Roach Carp Tench Chub Pollution of Unknown Origin

47 0575H Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area continued:- Date Location No Etherow Country Park 40 Compstall Bogart Hole Clough, 500 Manchester Marbury Mere 26 Budworth River Bollin Cheesden Brook, 379 Heywood Marbury Mere 20 Great Budworth Crompton Paper Mill 2,038 Lodges, Heywood

48 Species Cause Perch Roach Bream Carp Unknown Perch and Roach Unknown Pike Unknown Brown Trout Unknown Brown Trout Stone Loach Pike Slurry Pike Unknown Roach Bream Pike Tench Chub Perch Slurry

49 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area continued Date Location No River Spoden, Rochdale Bradshaw Brook 'many' Deans Pond, Swinton , Baddely Mere, Wrenbury ' Leeds/L'pool Canal, Penketh Plattfields Park Manchester 30

50 Species Cause Koach Chemical spillage Small coarse fish Brown Trout Chemical spillage Carp Tench Roach Gudgeon Crucian Carp Pike Vandalism Roach Low O2 Tench and Roach Unknown Mixed Coarse Fish Possibly algae

51 Fish Mortalities For 1990 Southern Area continued:- Date Location No. Species Cause Meadow Farm Trout Fishery 2,000 Rainbow Trout Unknown Rochdale Canal Littleborough 25 Roach Chemical Spillage Swan Lodge, Radcliffe 50 Roach Unknown East Lancs Paper Mill Lodges, Radcliffe 260 Roach Detergent foam Swinnell Brook at Flax Moss and River Ogden 3, ,718 2, Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Minnows Sticklebacks Bullheads Stoneloach Roach Dace Pike Detergent spillage In addition to the above figures there were 42 investigations of reported fish kills not be identified and the number of dead fish was less than 20 per incident, as follows: where the cause could Northern Area Central Area Southern Area 8 incidents 2 incidents 32 incidents

52 6.2 Total Numbers of Diseased Fish Removed during 1990 Location R. Eden R. Kent R. Leven Appley Bridge Wigan Caldwell Reservoir, Nelson Lower Ribble Paddock Dam, St. Helens Species 11 Salmon (1 Grilse (1 Salmon 13 Salmon (1 Mirror Carp (3 Common Carp (1 Rainbow Trout (1 Brown Trout 1 Salmon 2 Common Carp.

53 7. DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS NATURE OF OFFENCE Illegal Instruments; (gaff) SECTION OF OF 1975 ACT TOTAL CHARGES DISMISSED WITHDRAWN NOT SERVED (light) (snatch) (snare) (stones) Unclean fish Unauthorised Weir Close season: (salmon) (trout) (freshwater fish) Unlicensed instruments (net) (hands) (stick) (rod and line)

54 CONDITIONAL ABSOLUTE FINES COSTS DISCHARGE DISCHARGE COMMENTS I' x 12 month probation order x 120 hr community service order , 50 n x community service orders totalling 900 hours. n 3 imprisonments each of 3 months i: suspended for 2 years. 0 0 I

55 DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS - cont'd 1990 NATURE OF OFFENCE STATUTE TOTAL DISMISSED WITHDRAWN/ CONDITIONAL ABSOLUTE FINES COSTS ; COMMENTS CHARGES NOT SERVED DISCHARGE DISCHARGE f Angling in Private Waters Theft Act ! 1 Handling Salmon in suspicious circumstances Salmon Act ' f li Threatening behaviour Public Order Act 'i i: li 43. Obstructing a constable Police Act x 12 month 'probation order f TOTALS UNDER MISCELLANEOUS LEGISLATION i' 1, r; TOTAL: Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act ,626 5, ' Byelaws ,675 1, Miscellaneous Legislation TOTALS ,281 6,792.50

56 NATURE OF OFFENCE BYELAW TOTAL DISMISSED WITHDRAWN/ CONDITIONAL ABSOLUTE FINES COSTS COMMENTS CHARGES NOT SERVED DISCHARGE DISCHARGE ' Annual close season for salmon and trout (other than rod and line) Weekly close time for salmon and trout (other than rod & line) Netting in a prohibited area Prohibited hookbait 18 (i ) Bait not on or attached to hook 18(ii) Use of keep net during close season 20 Fishing on weirs, fish passes etc. 22 Failing to return foul hooked fish Fishing in prohibited waters in Kendal Prohibited lead weights TOTALS UNDER BYELAWS

57 DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS - cont'd NATURE OF OFFENCE SECTION OF 1975 ACT TOTAL CHARGES DISMISSED WITHDRAWN CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE FINES COSTS ; 1: Obstruction of Bailiff Failing to state correct name and or address/failing to produce fishing licence TOTALS UNDER SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT r , i:!'l i; ,626 5, I 45. i: fi it i' n

58 0575H 8. NUMBERS OF ROD AND COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENCES ISSUED Rod and Line Whole Area No Duty Amount Salmon season 2, ,890 Salmon part season (from 1st June) 2, ,880 Salmon season - reduced duty ,699 Salmon part season - reduced duty ,126 Salmon - 7 day 1, ,363 Migratory trout season 1, ,024 Migratory trout - reduced duty ,366 Migratory trout - 7 day ,750 Non-migratory trout season 26, ,916 Non-migratory trout - reduced duty. 5/ ,009 Non-migratory trout - 7 day 10, ,918 Freshwater fish and eels - season. 35, ,865 Freshwater fish and eels - reduced duty. 6, ,978 Freshwater fish and eels - 7 day 4,641 99, , ,

59 8.2 Instruments Other Than Rod and Line Northern Area No. Duty ^ Amount (incl. endorsees) Whole area - Haaf nets 165 River Ellen - Haaf nets 1 R. Eden District - Coops 2 South West Cumbria - Garth 1 Public waters within jurisdiction 4 - Drift nets. Central Area Ribble Estuary - Drift or Hang 6 Nets Lune Estuary - Drift or Hang Nets 10 - Draw or Seine Nets 1 - Heave or Haaf Nets 26 Duddon Estuary - Draw or Seine Nets 3 Kent Estuary - Lave nets 8 Leven Estuary - Lave nets , , , Totals , Eel Fishing Licences - Whole Area Duty Licences No. of Nets Amount Fyke Nets 1.00 per net Traps/Putcheons/ Baskets per 25 or part thereof Dip Nets 1.00 per net Fixed eel traps per trap

60 0575H 8.3 Numbers of Persons Engaged in Commercial Salmon and Trout Fishing Type of Net, Etc Haaf Drift ' Draw _ Lave Fixed Engine Northern Area Licence Holders Endorsees Central Area Licence Holders 6 Endorsees General Licences Number issued = 9 Total value = 1, Temporary Licences (Rod and Line, Freshwater Fish) Number issued =100 Total value =

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