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This section describes the mechanisms to conserve and protect fish populations.
Triennial update on delivery of measures towards the recovery of European eel and 3 yearly stock assessment across UK river basin districts.
The Environment Agency’s work to improve eel passage at the confluence between the River Avon and River Severn at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire is now complete.
When you may need to fit an eel pass or screen to a water structure and what to submit if applying for a new licence or environmental permit.
This report provides a new, more realistic approach for modelling the life cycle and population dynamics of eels in our rivers.
An Environment Agency fisheries team has transformed a weir on the River Thames to allow eels to get past it and swim upstream.
The Celtic Sea and Western Channel Demersal Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) covers English and Welsh waters within ICES areas 7e, 7f, 7g and 7h.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
Fisheries management plans (FMPs) set out the plans and policies to secure the long-term sustainability of UK fish stocks.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
The Wrasse Complex Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) covers ICES areas 4b, 4c, 7a, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h, and 7j within English waters. It includes the following species: Goldsinny, ballan, corkwing and rock cook.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
The cockle FMP will set out how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of cockle fisheries in English waters.
A study of the behaviour of eels and fish to find better ways to protect them at river structures.
The whelk FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of whelk fisheries in English waters.
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