Live Fish Movements Site Permit

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1 Live Fish Movements Site Permit Permit to introduce and keep fish in an inland water issued under Regulation 6 of the Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England and River Esk Catchment Area) Regulations 2015 Permit Reference SP/EW082-I-402/4352/01 Version number 01 Date of Issue 26 November 2015 Date of Review Approving Officer Phil Wormald Fisheries, Biodiversity and Geomorphology Team Leader 1. Permit holder details The permit is granted to the person named below ( the permit holder ) who holds and is responsible for this Permit ( the site permit ): Name Mr John Ellis Enterprise Canal & River Trust Position Fisheries Department Address First Floor North, Station House, 500 Elder Gate, MILTON KEYNES, Buckinghamshire Post code MK9 1BB 2. Site details The activities authorised under this Permit only cover and relate to the site described below: Site Name CRT Stratford Canals excluding designated sites Site Reference Location/ Address EW082-I-402 Crown Road, Lifford, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, NONE NGRs reported as relevant to water type Upstream Limit: SP Downstream Limit: SP Water Type Canal 3. Keeping and introducing fish The permit holder is authorised, within the site named in condition 2 above and waters listed in condition 4 below: (i) To introduce, or allow to be introduced, fish species as set out in conditions 5 and 6 [and 6A] below; (ii) To keep the fish species named in condition 7 below, within waters specified and subject to the further conditions set; (iii) To move, or allow to be moved, fish within the waters covered by this permit, subject to conditions 5, 6, [6A] and 7. Page 1 of 6

2 4. Individual water bodies The activities authorised under this Permit only cover and relate to the waters described below: Number Water Name Size (h) Water type 5. Fish Introductions The permit holder is only authorised to introduce the fish species listed below to the site and into the waters listed below: Species/type Allowed in waters Additional requirements Roach Rudd Bream, Common Perch, European Or Redfin Pike, Northern Chub Tench, Green Ruffe Gudgeon Dace 6. Stocking Limits The permit holder is authorised to introduce only the number or weight of fish and on dates described below: Number and/or weight of fish Time Scale Total Number Allowed: 5,000 fish Total Weight Allowed (kg): 1,000 Per calendar year 6A. Restrictions on the source of fish for stocking This section is not applicable to this permit Page 2 of 6

3 7. Fish species where keeping conditions apply The permit holder is only authorised to keep the fish species listed below and subject to the specific conditions detailed in the final column below: Species In Water(s) Conditions Zander This species must be removed from the site covered by this permit as stated in Section 2 of this permit. The permit holder must ensure that any fish of this species caught are not returned to this water or these waters listed here. The permit holder must ensure that anglers fishing this water are aware of the requirements of this condition. The permit holder must retain evidence of any fish of this species that has been removed. The permit holder must allow access to Environment Agency officers undertaking monitoring, management or control of this species, at all reasonable times. 8. Records Where a limit is imposed under condition 6, the permit holder must ensure records are kept of all introductions on the Fish Stock Record sheet supplied. This record must include the species, number and weight of the introduced fish and the supplier or suppliers of those fish. 9. Reporting The permit holder must report to the Environment Agency within 5 working days of becoming aware: (i) Any find of previously unrecorded non-native fish species covered in Annex 1 and not exempted by Annex 2 to this Permit in any of the waters covered by this Permit; (ii) Any find of previously unrecorded controlled fish parasite(s) listed in Annex 3 (available in the supporting guidance) in any of the waters covered by this Permit; (iii) Any release or escape of fish from any waters covered by this Permit to an open watercourse (such as a river, drain or canal); (iv) Any additional waters developed on this site, before fish movements take place to those new waters; (v) Any change in the person or persons responsible for any waters covered by this Permit. Reports shall be made to the Environment Agency Fish Movement team by: Telephone: fmapplications@environment-agency.gov.uk Page 3 of 6

4 10. Provision of information to fish suppliers When ordering fish for introduction from a fish supplier or appointing a fish supplier or contractor to remove fish from the waters covered by this permit, the permit holder must either provide the fish supplier or contractor with a copy of the current version of this permit or inform the fish supplier or contractor of the reference number for this permit. Additional Information The following information may assist the permit holder meet the conditions of this permit or any fish supplier or contractor appointed by the permit holder to meet the conditions of their own permits. It may also assist with the management of the fisheries covered by this permit. Health check requirements For fish introductions to this site the status is: Health check is required Conservation Designations The following conservation designations apply to this site: Conservation designation Comments Controlled Fish Pathogens The following controlled fish pathogens as listed in Annex 3 are present at this site: Pathogens present Page 4 of 6

5 Annex 1 Fish that may not be kept without a permit, unless listed in Annex 2: Taxonomic Order Common name Acipenseriformes Sturgeons, Paddlefish Amiiformes Bowfin Anguilliformes Eels Atheriniformes Silversides Batrachoidiformes Toadfish Beloniformes Needlefish, Flying Fish Ceratodontiformes LungFish Characiformes Tetras, Characins, Headstanders Clupeiformes Herrings, Anchovies, Shads Cypriniformes Carps, Loaches, Minnows Cyprinodontiformes Killifish, Pupfish Esociformes Pike Gasterosteiformes Sticklebacks Gomorynchiformes Shellears Gymnotiformes Knifefish Lepidosyreniformes South American and African Lungfish Lepisosteiformes Gar or Garpike Myliobatiformes Stingrays Osmeriformes Smelt, Noodlefish Osteoglossiformes Arapaima, Bonytongues Perciformes Perches, Butterflyfish, Cichlids, Tunas Percopsiformes Trout-Perch, Cavefish Petromyzontiformes Lampreys Pleuronectiformes Flounders and Sole Polypteriformes Bichirs Salmoniformes Salmon, Trout, Whitefish Scorpaeniformes Scorpionfish, Sculpins Siluriformes Catfish Synbranchiformes Spiny Eels Syngnathiformes Pipefish, Seahorses Tetraodontiformes Pufferfish Page 5 of 6

6 Annex 2 Species of fish that may be kept without a permit: Taxonomic Order Species Common name Species name Anguilliformes European eel Anguilla anguilla Clupeiformes Allis shad Alosa alosa Twaite shad Alosa fallax Cypriniformes European barbel Barbus barbus Bleak Alburnus alburnus Common bream Abramis brama Silver bream Blicca bjoerkna Chub Leuciscus cephalus Common carp 1 Cyprinus carpio Crucian carp Carassius carassius Dace Leuciscus leuciscus Goldfish 2 Carassius auratus Gudgeon Gobio gobio Ide 3 Leuciscus idus Spined loach Cobitis taenia Stone loach Barbatula barbatula European minnow Phoxinus phoxinus Roach Rutilus rutilus Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus Tench Tinca tinca Esociformes Northern Pike Esox lucius Gasterosteiformes Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus Nine-spined stickleback Pungitus pungitus Osmeriformes Smelt Osmerus eperlanus Perciformes Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Petromyzontiformes Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Brook lamprey Lampetra planeri Salmoniformes Brown trout or sea trout Salmo trutta Rainbow trout, except the anadromous steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Salmon Salmo salar Grayling Thymallus thymallus Arctic char Salvelinus alpines Vendace Coregonus albula Powan, Schelly or Gwyniad Coregonus lavaretus Scorpaeniformes Bullhead Cottus gobio 1 Includes all varieties of the same species (e.g. ghost carp, leather carp, koi carp, ogen koi). 2 Includes all varieties of the same species (e.g. brown, golden, lion s head, London shubunkin). 3 Includes all ornamental varieties of the same species (e.g. golden orfe, blue orfe). Page 6 of 6